Seal hunt, Port au Choix

• Main Author: Memorial University of Newfoundland. Extension Service (Producer)
• Other Authors: Memorial University of Newfoundland. Centre for Innovation in Teaching and Learning (CITL)
• Format: Moving Image (Video)
• Language: English
• Published: MUN Extension Service 1968
• Subjects: Sealing > Newfoundland and Labrador; Sealers (Persons) > Newfoundland and Labrador > Port au Choix > Economic conditions; Newfoundland; Port au Choix
• Online Access: http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/extension/id/76

A group of sealers (landsmen) from Port au Choix in Newfoundland are shown steaming out to sea, hunting amidst the ice flows, skinning the seal carcasses, and sorting and loading the seal pelts onshore. They tell of the economic benefits of pursuing the seal fishery, but also of the hardships involved, commenting that most of the sealing is done on the Quebec side which can mean as much as eight hours travel time. Foreign draggers are a problem. Prices are better on the Quebec side than in Newfoundland. Several women are interviewed, speaking of the difficulty of the work and the worry when the men are gone for days at a time. The film has no credits and none of the participants are identified. Videocassette black and white sound : 3/4 inch