Loss of longline-bait to northern fulmars : economic balance between damage from bait-loss and costs of measures to reduce seabird bycatch on the Faroe Islands

• Main Author: Kühn, Susanne, 1987-
• Other Authors: Háskólinn á Akureyri
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: Coastal and marine management; University Centre of the Westfjords; Haf- og strandsvæðastjórnun; Færeyjar; Fiskveiðar; Sjófuglar; Meistaraprófsritgerðir; Háskólasetur Vestfjarða; Faroe Islands; Fulmar; Haf; Krona; Fulmarus glacialis; Northern Fulmar
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1946/25479

Verkefnið er unnið við Háskólasetur Vestfjarða On the Faroe Islands, longline fishermen experience a loss of bait to scavenging seabirds. This Master thesis evaluates the economic impact of bait-stealing by a seabird, the northern fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis), in the longline fisheries. Baits found i...