Tagging and recoveries of grey seals Halichoerus grypus in north Norway and on the Murman Coast, Russia

• Main Authors: Henriksen, Gunnar, Haug, Tore, Kondakov, Andrej, Nilssen, Kjell Tormod, Øritsland, Torger
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: ICES 1996
• Subjects: VDP::Agriculture and fishery disciplines: 900::Fisheries science: 920; Myre; Norway; White Sea; Lyngen; Nordland; North Norway; North-West Russia; Vestfjorden; Troms
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11250/100333

A total of 787 grey seal pups were tagged between Vestfjorden in North Norway and the White Sea in North West Russia from 1989 to 1994. A majority of them (542) were tagged at the Ainov archipelago on the Murman coast. Thirty-six ( 4.6 %) of the tagged seals were recovered, almost all taken as bycat...