"Mr. Speaker, I would like to see the six million, or whatever number is out there, killed or sold, or destroyed or burned. I do not care what happens to them. The fact is that the markets are not there to sell more seals. What they (the fishermen) wanted was to have the right to go out and kill the seals. They have that right, and the more they kill the better I will love it." - John Efford, former Minister of Natural Resources and MInister of Fisheries and Oceans (We're not making this stuff up folks... this is a documented quote...)

THIS PAGE QUICK LINKS:

FIND A TARGET: * Restaurants & Supermarkets *Manufacturers * Canadian Tourism Industry * Politicians * Newspapers & Press * See our FUR INDUSTRY: EXPOSED page for additional targets * Strategies on writing effective letters, tips, and examples to borrow from

"The pen is mightier than the sword"... or, in the case of the seal massacres, it's at least another opposition tool.

This page identifies specific, valid targets for sending correspondence to regarding YOUR OPPOSITION to the Canadian seal "hunt":

Please Note: Emails and contact information on this page are NOT guaranteed to be accurate! As soon as these people realize they are targets, they OFTEN CHANGE their email addresses...

... but websites and permanent postal addresses are more difficult to change, especially for Parliament members, so we urge you to double-check their contact info below to verify it's current and accurate before sending your letter, email or calling, etc. (see the note indicated by the House of Commons symbol at the bottom of each target person)

Also, do not get discouraged if your e-mail is bounced back. This happens because either the mailbox of the recipient is full or the Member of Parliament requests the server to temporarily close the address. This indicates that if nothing else, we are annoying them...


NOTE: If you don't have time to write a letter, simply write "STOP THE SEAL HUNT" in an email header and send it to the targeted person, company, or newspaper.

RESTAURANTS & SUPERMARKETS:
(selling Canadian Seafood)
Participating in the Canadian seafood boycott is perhaps the most effective thing a single layperson can do to end the seal killing. The targets on this list represent the many buyers of Canadian seafood in the United States and make prime candidates to send letters to. You'll find additional targets on our Vendors page.

Target: RED LOBSTER
Bio or claim to fame:
* This large chain of restaurants may be the single largest importer of Canadian seafood in the world.

Contact address to write letters:
5900 Lake Ellenor Drive Orlando, FL 32809

Phone numbers: Local number in Florida: (407) 245-4000, or call 1-800-562-7837

Cyber contact info: http://www.redlobster.com/contactus.asp

Website url: http://www.redlobster.com

Target: Publix
Bio or claim to fame:
* Chain of over 800 supermarkets in the southeast U.S. that sells lots of Canadian seafood, including seafood from Newfoundland. Get a peak into the Publix seafood department here. See Publix's reply to one activists' letter.

Contact info:

Web comment form: http://www.publix.com/contact/SendUsAMessage.do

Address: Publix Super Markets Corporate Office
ATTN: Consumer Relations
PO Box 407
Lakeland, FL 33802-0407

Phone number: 800-242-1227

Website url: http://www.publix.com

Customer/Media relations employees and President:

South FL Anne Hendricks Media & Community Relations Manager PO Box 699030 Miami, FL 33269-9030 305-652-2411 ext. 3816 anne.hendricks@publix.com	GA, SC, Tennessee, Alabama Brenda Reid Media & Community Relations Manager 2600 Delk Road Marietta, GA 30067-6202 770-952-6601 ext. 3649 brenda.reid@publix.com	Orlando, FL; North FL; Southeast GA; Hilton Head, SC; Beaufort, SC Dwaine Stevens Media & Community Relations Manager PO Box 2226-F Jacksonville, FL 32231-0084 904-693-6107 dwaine.stevens@publix.com
Corporate Initiatives and Trade Publications Maria Brous Director of Media & Community Relations PO Box 407 Lakeland, FL 33802-0407 863-688-1188 ext. 55339 maria.brous@publix.com	Central FL Shannon Patten Media and Community Relations Manager P.O. Box 32024 Lakeland, FL 33802 863-688-1188 x63486 shannon.patten@publix.com	President of PUBLIX Ed Crenshaw email (try) ed.crenshaw@publix.com or william.crenshaw@publix.com

Target: KROGER Supermarkets
Bio or claim to fame:
* Kroger operates 2,477 grocery retail stores in 31 states under nearly two dozen banners.Kroger holds the #1 or #2 position in 35 of its 44 major markets. Kroger holdings include Ralphs, King Soopers, City Market, Dillons, Smith's, Fry's, QFC, Baker's, Owen's, JayC, Hilander, Gerbes, Pay Less, Food4Less, Foods Co, Fred Meyer, Fry's Marketplace, Smith's Marketplace, Kroger Marketplace, TurkeyHill, KwikShop, Loaf 'N Jug, QuickStop, and TomThumb.

Contact Persons and address to write letters/ emails:
Kroger
1014 Vine Street
Cincinnati, Ohio 45202-1100
1) David B. Dillon, CEO
2) Alyson Jabrocki, Consumer Affairs, alyson.jabrocki@kroger.com

Phone numbers: 1-866-221-4141

Cyber Contact Info: http://www.kroger.com/customercomments.htm

Website url: http://www.kroger.com

Target: ALBERTSONS Supermarkets
Bio or claim to fame:
* There are over 1200 Albertsons supermarkets in the U.S. Supervalu, CVS, and a Cerberus-led investment group bought them in 2006 and split them up between Supervalue and the Cerberus group. Supervalu also runs Shaw's, Jewel, and other chains. The Cerberus group also runs Super Saver Foods and other stores. These supermarkets all sell Canadian seafood and have a great deal of purchasing power.

Contact Persons and address to write letters/ emails:
250 E. Parkcenter Blvd. Boise, ID 83706
1) Dave Parker Vice President, Investor Relations- david.parker@albertsons.com
2) Mike Beckstead, Manager, Investor Relations- mike.beckstead@albertsons.com

Phone numbers: main office: 1-877-932-7948
Dave Parker- (208) 395-6622, Mike Beckstead- (208) 395-4468

Cyber contact info: https://www.albertsons.com/abs_aboutalbertsons/dearalbertsons/contactus.asp

Website url: http://www.albertsons.com

Target: AHOLD
Bio or claim to fame:
*Large chain of supermarkets and foodservice companies in U.S. and Europe, including Stop and Shop, Giant/Giant Food Stores, Peapod, and Tops in the U.S., and Etos, Gall & Gall, Albert, and Pingo Doce in Europe. This chain sells a lot of Canadian seafood and could help end the seal slaughter fast by joining the Canadian seafood boycott."

Contact addresses to write letters and phone numbers to call:
In Europe:
President & CEO Anders Moberg
Royal Ahold
Piet Heinkade 167 - 173,
1019 GM Amsterdam,
The Netherlands.
Phone: +31 (0)20 509 51 00
Fax: +31 (0)20 509 51 10PO Box 34331

Nick Gale, Director, Issues Management
Email communications@ahold.com
tel +31 0 20 509 52 53

Kerry Underhill, Senior Vice President of Communications
Email: communications@ahold.com
Phone:+31(0)20 509 53 26

In the U.S.:
Stop and Shop
Consumer Affairs
1-800-767-7772
9:00am - 5pm EST, M-F
Cyber contact info: http://www.stopandshop.com/about/contactus_cr.htm

Giant (Pennsylvania stores)
GIANT
P.O. Box 249
Carlisle, PA 17013
1-888-81-GIANT (1-888-814-4268)
Cyber contact info: http://www.giantpa.com/shareddev/GIANT_Comments/consumer_commentcard.cfm

Giant Food Stores
Washington Metro area:
(301) 341-4322
Baltimore Metro area:
(410) 995-4322
All other outlying areas in Maryland and Virginia, call Toll Free at:
1-888-4-My Giant
In New Jersey or Delaware: 1-888-My Super G
Cyber contact info: http://www.giantfood.com/consumer/consumer_commentcard.htm

Website urls: Royal Ahold, Ahold USA

Target: COSTCO WHOLESALE
Bio or claim to fame:
*Large chain of wholesale warehouse stores in U.S. and Canada that sells Canadian seafood and, in Newfoundland stores, also sells capsules of baby harp seal body fat as a "health food supplement."

Contact address to write letters:
PO Box 34331
Seattle, WA 98124

or

999 Lake Drive
Issaquah, WA 98027

Phone number: 1-800-774-2678

Cyber contact info: https://www.costco.com/CustomerService/EmailUs.aspx?secure=1

Website url: http://www.costco.com

Target: SHELLS
Bio or claim to fame:
* Shells operates 25 full-service, neighborhood seafood restaurants in Florida. "The operating environment in Florida remains very challenging and like many casual dining operators, we have been impacted by both rising expenses and slower sales. We've successfully reduced food, labor and other controllable expenses. However, sharply higher insurance, utility and occupancy costs have offset these gains," said Shells President & CEO Leslie Christon.

Contact address to write letters:
16313 N. Dale Mabry Hwy. Suite 100 Tampa, FL 33618

Phone number: Local number: (813) 961-0944

E-mail address: TalkToShells@shellsseafood.com

Cyber contact info: https://www.costco.com/CustomerService/EmailUs.aspx?secure=1

Website url: http://www.shellsseafood.com

MANUFACTURERS:
These companies produce seafood products with Canadian seafood. Please let them know that you want them to stop buying Canadian.

Target: Gorton's
Bio or claim to fame:
Gorton's of Gloucester is a subsidiary of the Japanese seafood conglomerate Nippon Suisan Kaisha, Ltd., producing fishsticks and other frozen seafood for the retail market in the United States and selling fish products to fast-food restaurants such as McDonald's. Estimated annual sales are $108 million. Gorton's sells fish from Canada, including pollock and salmon.

Contact address to write letters:
128 Rogers St.
Gloucester, MA 01930

Phone numbers: Local number: 978-283-3000, Toll-free 800-222-6826

Fax: 978-281-8295

E-mail address: info@gortons.com

Cyber contact info: http://www.gortons.com/contact/question.php
or http://www.gortons.com/contact/suggestion.php

Website url: http://www.gortons.com

CANADIAN TOURISM:
In addition to boycotting seafood, we urge you to make the link of killing baby seals to travel and tourism to Canada and tell the government about it!

Target: CANADIAN TOURISM COMMISSION

Target: CANADIAN TOURISM COMMISSION (CTC)
Purpose of the CTC:
*The CTC's business is to promote tourism to Canada. It's government sponsored and corporate fed. Most noteable is their motto- "Discover our True Nature"....

So, Harpseals.org suggests you do just that! Tell them you're not going to travel to or buy Canadian products as long as the senseless seal hunt continues.

Contact addresses to write letters:

Canadian Tourism Commission (CTC)
Suite 1400, Four Bentall Centre
1055 Dunsmuir St./Box 49230
Vancouver, BC V7X 1L2
Canada

Main tel.: 604-638-8300

U.S. Leisure Marketing Department
"The CTC's marketing staff works with partners to position Canada as the premier destination of choice for U.S. travellers. Our aim is to encourage repeat visitation and to jumpstart word-of-mouth publicity."

"Market Snapshot
Target Audience: 192.7 M
Primary: Age 35–54: 125.6 M & Age 55+: 67.1M
Secondary: Age 18-34: 29.2M
By 2010, target audience forecast: 204M
U.S. is 2nd-largest source for travel expenditures
Canada’s largest single source for international visitors and expenditures "

WRITE TO/CALL:

Siobhan Chretien, Executive Director, U.S. Leisure Marketing
e-mail: chretien.siobhan@ctc-cct.ca
Tel: 604.638.8392

Ernst Flach, Manager, U.S. Leisure Marketing
e-mail: flach.ernst@ctc-cct.ca
Tel: 604.638.8375

Yolaine Dupont, Marketing Specialist, U.S. Leisure Marketing
e-mail: dupont.yolaine@ctc-cct.ca
Tel: 604.638.8379

Paul Nursey, Marketing Specialist, U.S. Leisure Marketing
e-mail: nursey.paul@ctc-cct.ca
Tel: 604.638.8378

Katherine Mulligan, Project & Administration Officer, U.S. Leisure Marketing
e-mail: mulligan.katherine@ctc-cct.ca
Tel: 604.638.8377

U.S. Leisure Sales Department

"By capturing free editorial in U.S. print and electronic media, our team aims to present Canada as a fresh and sparkling destination–a Canada full of compelling experiences. Our aim is to create a buzz and make Canada a “bragging rights” destination with our target audience. Our Canadian partners are crucial to our success in the U.S. market. "

WRITE TO/CALL:

Susan Iris, Vice-President U.S. Sales
e-mail: iris.susan@ctc-cct.ca
Tel: 703-875-3956

Monica Campbell - Hoppe, Director, U.S. Media Relations
e-mail: campbell.monica@ctc-cct.ca
Tel: 503.777.2608

Heather Dolan, Manager, U.S. Media Relations
e-mail: dolan.heather@ctc-cct.ca
Tel: 703.875.9536

Jackie Saunders-Brown
e-mail: brown.saunders@ctc-cct.ca
Tel: 703.875.3095

Tom Karins, Executive Director Leisure Travel Sales
e-mail: karins.tom@ctc-cct.ca
Tel: 312-327-3651

Website: Canadatourism.com

Cyber target: David Emerson
Bio or claim to fame:

• Minister of International Trade for Canada.
• From Vancouver Kingsway (British Columbia)
• Former President and CEO of the Western and Pacific Bank of Canada

Address a letter to him: (keep on seperate lines like this)
House of Commons
Ottawa, ON
K1A 0A6

Office Phone: (613) 943-0267 Office Fax: (613) 943-0219
General Parliament Phone: (Free inside Canada) 1 (866) 599-4999

Email: Emerson.D@parl.gc.ca

Web sites: Parliament Bio

Harpseals.org comment: This is the man we feel will be most concerned about the impact on Canadian seafood exports of the boycott. We highly recommend writing to this influencial man to let him know you are participating in the boycott until they stop killing seals.
  
Note: We will do our best to keep these contacts updated, but can't always be timely... The best way for YOU to doublecheck contact info before sending an email is found here: Members of the House of Commons Official Current Information (click on the alphabetical list or search for a desired target member)

Cyber target: Loyola Hearn
Bio or claim to fame:

• HOUSE OF COMMONS
• Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, Canada
• From St. John's South–Mount Pearl (Newfoundland and Labrador)
• Born in the fishing village of Renews, NL
• Educated at Memorial University, NL
• RESPONSIBLE FOR INCREASING THE 2006 SEAL KILL QUOTA!

Contact address to write letters:
House of Commons
Suite 648-S, Centre Block 
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0A6

Phone numbers: Office in Ottawa: (613) 992-0927, Fax: (613) 995-7858

Spokesman for Min. Hearn (in charge of media relations) (address your hunt questions to him):
Mr. Phil Jenkins
(613) 990-7537

E-mail address: HearnL @ parl.gc.ca

Website: http://www.loyolahearn.nf.net

Note: We will do our best to keep these contacts updated, but can't always be timely... The best way for YOU to doublecheck contact info before sending an email is found here: Members of the House of Commons Official Current Information (click on the alphabetical list or search for a desired target member)

Cyber target: Stephen Harper
Bio or claim to fame:

• Prime Minister of Canada
• Co-founded the Conservative Party of Canada in 2003
• "We will improve Canadians' faith in public institutions by making government more accountable and effective."
• "We will create opportunity by rewarding hard work and innovation."

Name and Address to write a letter:
Office of the Prime Minister
80 Wellington Street
Ottawa
K1A 0A2

Phone number: not provided, Fax: 613-941-6900

E-mail address: pm@pm.gc.ca

Website: http://pm.gc.ca/eng/default.asp

Note: We will do our best to keep these contacts updated, but can't always be timely... The best way for YOU to doublecheck contact info before sending an email is found here: Members of the House of Commons Official Current Information (click on the alphabetical list or search for a desired target member)

Cyber target: Gerald Keddy
Bio or claim to fame:

• Canadian Member of Parliament for the South Shore of Nova Scotia Nova Scotia.
• He has called for an increase in the seal kill quota.
• He was quoted in the Canadian media as saying that he has personally witnessed the exponential growth in seal populations off Sable Island as an offshore driller in the 1980s, and he therefore advocates killing more seals.

E-mail address: Keddy.G@Parl.gc.ca (please include your postal and email address)

Web site: http://www.geraldkeddymp.ca/

Harpseals.org comment: "Responding to the Canadian Department of Fisheries idea to conduct mass sterilization of the harp seals, Keddy said, ""I want to know whether the minister of fisheries is going to hold them, or use the knife," said Keddy. "I was a farmer before this job and I've castrated lots of animals... and a 400 or 500 pound seal with a mouthful of teeth like a Doberman pinscher, I don't think I want to have anything to do with that." (In his official biography he describes himself as being a nurseryman prior to being elected. He may be confusing pigs with pears.)

      The Conservative MP argued instead for an increase in quotas for the seal slaughter and said it would bring two benefits - a reduction in seal predation on cod and economic spin-offs from the sale of seal products such as pelts, meat and even the seal penis, prized by some in Asia as an aphrodisiac. Here's a man who is supporting the idea of peddling snake oil erection medicine to the Far East. You can call him the Lorena Bobbitt of Nova Scotia. What the world really needs right now is a surplus of seal penises!

      The proof that Mr. Kerry does not have any idea of what he is talking about with regard to the seals can be found in his statement about seeing seal populations expanding rapidly at Sable Island. Sable Island lies in the Atlantic off the coast of Nova Scotia. It is NOT a habitat for harp seals at anytime during the year. Mr. Kerry could not have seen a single harp seal at Sable island at anytime. He could have seen Grey seals and these seals are not that numerous. But to a seal-hating fisherman, one seal is considered too many and Mr. Keddy has lots of fishermen in his constituency. So what we have here is a Member of Parliament who before the 2006 election, was an official critic of Department of Fisheries policies who can't tell a harp seal from a grey seal. These two species are, by the way, very easy to distinguish. Mr. Keddy should at least acquaint himself with the basic simple facts about seal biology before he fires press quips from the hip on something he is completely ignorant about."

Note: We will do our best to keep these contacts updated, but can't always be timely... The best way for YOU to doublecheck contact info before sending an email is found here: Members of the House of Commons Official Current Information (click on the alphabetical list or search for a desired target member)

NEWSPAPERS AND PRESS:

The Globe and Mail , Canada national daily
Web site: http://www.globeandmail.com
Letters to the Editor  
E-mail : letters@globeandmail.com
Telephone : 1 416 585-5000

The Telegram, Newfoundland
Web site: http://www.thetelegram.com/
Letters to the Editor  
E-mail : letters@thetelegram.com
Telephone : (709) 364-2323, ext. 832

The Western Star, western Newfoundland
Web site: http://www.thewesternstar.com/
Editorials, Letters to the Editor  -  Ray Sweetapple
E-mail : rsweetapple@thewesternstar.com
Telephone : (709) 637-4663

Montreal Gazette, Quebec
Web site: http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/index.html
Letters to the editor: http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/letters.html

The First Informer, Magdalen Islands, Quebec
Web site: http://www.qcna.org/Informer/
Email: firstinformer@sympatico.ca