I know it is an old argument, but it is one that needs to re-hashed again.
http://www.torontosun.com/2013/10/28...eafood-boycott
This essentially boils down 40+ Chefs that joined a campaign against purchasing Canadian Seafood.
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To hold the entire Canadian seafood industry hostage over sustainable, absolutely necessary tribal practice is ill considered," Anthony Bourdain tweeted Monday in response to a Humane Society petition. "I'm all for protecting seals, but a total ban dooms the indigenous people above the Arctic Circle to death or relocation."
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Some Bourdain Tweets about the subject as well.
Anthony Bourdain @Bourdain 1h
Seals eat a lot of cod. Diminished cod populations impact traditional diets throughout Scandinavia and Med. it’s a delicate balance.
Anthony Bourdain @Bourdain 1h
There is also the outcome of uncontrolled seal populations on fisheries to consider. See codfish…
Anthony Bourdain @Bourdain 3h
Prices of anything non local in Inuit stores are twice that of Montreal due to transport costs. And of course, nothing grows.
I for one am Glad that a Celebrity Chef is willing to against the grain here. This is a much more complicated issue than "Clubbing Cute Baby Seals". It is an essential part of life for the Inuit and its benefits are wide-reaching.