Sealing and sealing methods in the Bay of Bothnia, 1551–70
Abstract Seals were hunted in the Bay of Bothnia during the 16th century in four areas — inshore open water, fast ice, ice edge, and pack ice — with methods appropriate for each area. Inshore open water sealing involved netting and some seining, exclusively for ringed seals. On fast ice the techniqu...
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crcambridgeupr:10.1017/s0032247400013097 2024-03-03T08:48:13+00:00 Sealing and sealing methods in the Bay of Bothnia, 1551–70 Kvist, Roger 1991 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247400013097 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0032247400013097 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms Polar Record volume 27, issue 163, page 339-344 ISSN 0032-2474 1475-3057 General Earth and Planetary Sciences Ecology Geography, Planning and Development journal-article 1991 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/s0032247400013097 2024-02-08T08:39:00Z Abstract Seals were hunted in the Bay of Bothnia during the 16th century in four areas — inshore open water, fast ice, ice edge, and pack ice — with methods appropriate for each area. Inshore open water sealing involved netting and some seining, exclusively for ringed seals. On fast ice the techniques used were stalking, den-hunting, and breathing hole-hunting, again for ringed seals. Grey and ringed seals were hunted on the ice edge. Provincial tax returns have provided information on methods used by sealers from different parishes in the Bay of Bothnia area. Catching techniques, tools, prey species, numbers of crews, hunting seasons, catch figures and annual yields are discussed. Article in Journal/Newspaper Polar Record Cambridge University Press Polar Record 27 163 339 344 |
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Abstract Seals were hunted in the Bay of Bothnia during the 16th century in four areas — inshore open water, fast ice, ice edge, and pack ice — with methods appropriate for each area. Inshore open water sealing involved netting and some seining, exclusively for ringed seals. On fast ice the techniques used were stalking, den-hunting, and breathing hole-hunting, again for ringed seals. Grey and ringed seals were hunted on the ice edge. Provincial tax returns have provided information on methods used by sealers from different parishes in the Bay of Bothnia area. Catching techniques, tools, prey species, numbers of crews, hunting seasons, catch figures and annual yields are discussed. |
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Sealing and sealing methods in the Bay of Bothnia, 1551–70 |
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Sealing and sealing methods in the Bay of Bothnia, 1551–70 |
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