On Sepetember 28th, The Humane Society of the United States announced that its ProtectSeals boycott of Canadian seafood in protest of the nation's annual commercial seal hunt has already cost Canada's fishing industry millions of dollars in lost revenue. Canadian government trade statistics reveal that Canadian exports of snow crabs – the primary target of the seafood boycott – to the United States have dropped by a whopping $290 million CDN in the months since The HSUS launched the boycott in March 2005. This represents a 34 percent decline compared to pre-boycott levels. In contrast, the reported landed value of the seal hunt in 2005 was $16.5 million CDN.
To date, more than 330,000 consumers and over 1,000 restaurants, grocery stores and other seafood distributors have joined the boycott. Many of these companies and individuals are choosing specifically to boycott Canadian snow crabs because they account for half the landed value of the fishing industry of Newfoundland
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