Assessment of risks to wildlife and animal welfare associated with Lodden, Sami traditional hunting of ducks in spring

• Main Authors: Ytrehus, Bjørnar, Bustnes, Jan Ove, Bårdsen, Bård-Jørgen, Eldegard, Katrine, Kausrud, Kyrre, Sandercock, Brett, Berg, Paul Ragnar, Bryn, Anders, Geange, Sonya Rita, Bø-Granquist, Erik Georg, Hindar, Kjetil, Hole, Lars Robert, Järnegren, Johanna, Kirkendall, Lawrence R., Nielsen, Anders, Nilsen, Erlend Birkeland, Velle, Gaute
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Norway; Burrows; Kautokeino; Melanitta fusca; Melanitta nigra; sami; velvet scoter
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3036836

Spring hunting for ducks (Lodden in Northern Sami) is part of the Sami hunting and trapping culture. In Norway, this traditional hunting has been permitted in Kautokeino Municipality in accordance with the exception provision in the Wildlife Act Section 15, with quotas for males of several duck spec...