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Sealing and sealing methods in the Bay of Bothnia, 1551–70

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 October 2009

Roger Kvist
Roger Kvist
Affiliation:
Center for Arctic Cultural Research, University of Umeå, S-901 87 Umeå, Sweden
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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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Polar Record , Volume 27 , Issue 163 , October 1991 , pp. 339 - 344
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1991

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