US Boycott of Canadian Seafood Products Goes From Strength to Strength
9 November 2005
The US boycott of Canadian seafood products organised by the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) goes from strength to strength. Five more restaurants in the Los Angeles area have joined the boycott which will remain in force until Canada’s annual slaughter of hundreds of thousands of seals is permanently ended.
At the same time trade statistics show the export of Canadian snow crabs to the United States has fallen by $156 million – nearly ten times the value of the seal hunt and a 36% drop since the seafood boycott began.
The California restaurants join other restaurants and companies such as Legal Sea Foods, Down East Seafood and Original Fish who have already committed to the boycott.
Seventy percent of Canadian seafood is exported to the United States, contributing $2.8 billion a year to the Canadian economy.
In 2004, the UK imported £56.7 million worth of fish and seafood products from Canada.
By contrast the landed value of the seal hunt in 2004 was $15.4 million (less than £10 million). See The Economic Value of the Canadian Commercial Seal Hunt
For more information on the continuing success of the US seafood boycott see: