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seal fishery Esp. Nfld 
the annual hunt for seals at the ice (def. 1).
See also: ice ((n.)) (def. 1) sealery seal hunt
- 1808 The Seal fishery upon the ice at Newfoundland, has been very fortunate, four vessels engaged in that business, caught no less than 8344, and other have been equally successful.
- 1819 The stated period for the seal-fishery, so as not to injure the cod-fishery, does not admit of any delay; otherwise the voyage would be lost, and it is this very ice that brings the seals near these coasts.
- 1928 Preparations for the S.S. Nascopie proceeding to the seal fishery are now well under way. . . .
- 1947 There she wintered, and the following spring was again engaged in the seal fishery, from which she brought back 32,000 skins.
- 1808 The Seal fishery upon the ice at Newfoundland, has been very fortunate, four vessels engaged in that business, caught no less than 8344, and other have been equally successful.