In an overfished sea, the seals have begun to move towards the coasts to look for food. Here they encroach on people’s territory. From being nearly extirpated in the early 1980s, to recovering, we are now licensed to hunt seals again.
In the Theme – Seal hunting, we have collected reports from the seal count at Koster, interviews with decision makers and researchers and also a series of facts about the three different seal tribes we have along the Swedish coast.
For the first time this year, both harbor seals and grey seals will be hunted under licence. 730 harbor seals may be felled during two hunting periods, according to the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency
The government makes it possible to introduce licence hunting for both grey seals and humpback seals. "This is about protecting fish stocks and coastal fishing," says Minister for Rural Affairs Anna-Caren Sätherberg
A rift has emerged in the government between the Social Democrats and the Green Party. The Social Democrats have changed their footing on the issue of hunting for cormorants
In one of our recordings this spring, the researchers brought four dead seals to investigate the causes of death. Wildlife pathologist Elina Thorsson has now autopsied the dead cows, and in this follow-up report we get to take part of the results
