1.   A man with a weathered face and an easy smile, Brink is always on the look out for a new way to market seal products.

2.   If the United States were ever to lift the ban on seal products, he warned, numbers would spiral upward.

3.   In a major victory for activists, the United States banned the import of all seal products.

4.   Canada on Tuesday denied claims by an animal welfare organization that it was negotiating the sale of more seal products in China.

5.   Tobin also said new markets have been developed for a variety of seal products, despite the continuing opposition to the seal industry by activists.