Search for dissertations about: "seal-safe fishing gear"

Found 3 swedish dissertations containing the words seal-safe fishing gear.

  2. 1. Seals and fisheries: a study of the conflict and some possible solutions

    Author : Sara Königson; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; seals and fisheries; grey seal; coastal fisheries; harbour seal; seal-safe fishing gear;

    Abstract : Interaction between seals and fisheries along the Swedish coast has serious environmental and economic consequences. This thesis describes the conflict as it affects four different small-scale coastal fisheries; the eel fisheries on the west coast, the herring fisheries and salmon fisheries in the northern Baltic and the cod fisheries in the central Baltic. READ MORE

  4. 2. The conflict between Grey seals (Halichoerus grypus) and the Baltic coastal fisheries : new methods for the assessment and reduction of catch losses and gear damage

    Author : Arne Fjälling; Mats Amundin; Sverre Sjölander; Anders Fernö; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : Ecology; Grey seals; Baltic coastal fisheries; Ekologi; NATURAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP;

    Abstract : There is a problematic interaction going on between grey seals and the small scale coastal fisheries in the Baltic. A large number of seals are by-caught and drowned each year, and the viability of the fishery is threatened by catch losses caused by the seals. READ MORE

  5. 3. Assessment and reduction of the conflicts between commercial fisheries and grey seals (Halichoerus grypus) in Swedish waters

    Author : Arne Fjälling; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; conflict; fishery; grey seal; mitigate; predation; salmon; trap; konflikt; fiskeri; gråsäl; skadeförebyggande; predation; lax; fälla;

    Abstract : Along with the recovery of the Baltic Sea grey seal population from very low figures in the late 1970 's, there were clear signs of a rapidly increasing conflict between grey seals and fisheries. The set trap fisheries for salmonids seemed to be suffering the worst, but such data as were available were bard to evaluate. READ MORE