Management and utilization of seals in Greenland, February 2015. Addendum to: White Paper on Management and Utilization of Seals in Greenland (April 2012).
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Government of Greenland, Department of Fisheries, Hunting & Agriculture
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This document is an addendum to the White Paper on Management and Utilization of Seals in Greenland
from April 2012 and the two documents should be read together.
Box 1: Abundant seal populations
Harp seal: Advice on sustainable use on harp seal is given by a working group under the International Council
for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES/NAFO: WGHARP). The working group consists of scientist from Norway,
Canada, Greenland and Russia. Roughly every fifth year the pup production is estimated by surveys. The total
number of seals in the stock is then calculated based on the survey estimate and data on the age-distribution in
the stock, age of sexual maturity, the reproduction rate of the adult females and data on the catches.
In many years the working group calculated quotas small enough to allow the stocks to grow. This led to a
steady growth in periods when the quotas were taken and strong growth in periods with small commercial
catches. The stock that give birth in the Gre.....
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Updated data to: Management and utilization of seals in Greenland. Addendum to: White Paper on Management and Utilization of Seals in Greenland (April 2012)Publisher
Government of Greenland, Department of Fisheries, Hunting & AgricultureGreenland
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Government of Greenland, Ministry of Fisheries, Hunting & Agriculture (2015) Management and utilization of seals in Greenland February 2015. Addendum to: White Paper on Management and Utilization of Seals in Greenland (April 2012). Government of Greenland, Ministry of Fisheries, Hunting & Agriculture, 13pp. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.25607/OBP-1690Collections
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