Dried seal skin can also be purchased from the smallest communities via the general store Pilersuisoq.

[5] The import and sale of seal fur is illegal in the United States, due to the 1972 U.S. Marine Mammal Protection Act.

The act categorically bans "imports or sales of all marine mammal products", regardless of the conservation status of the animal.

The majority of the fur products are headed for the European markets, with Denmark as the biggest customer.

On average the professional hunters earn about 50,000 DKK (6,000 EUR) annually from hunting and coastal fishing,[8] roughly 20% of this amount consists of direct subsidies from the Greenland Home Rule.