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Shoot the Seal! Part 5 – But the harbor seals have become fewer – and no one really knows why

We accompanied seal researchers from the University of Gothenburg, to Koster. In the archipelago on the Swedish west coast. Koster is one of the places...

Reportage: Lena Scherman

Photo/Editing: Alexandre Ramos Gobatti

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Part 4 – How Many Seals is it Possible to Shoot?

The Swedish Environmental Protection Agency decided this year that we should shoot 630 harbor seals, 1500 gray seals and 350 ringed seals. Some think that...

Reportage: Lena Scherman/Alexandre Gobatti

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Sweden have three different seal species, read more about them

When the seal population had collapsed around 1980 and was almost completely extinct, the authorities put an end to all hunting. Seal protection areas were...

Text: Lena Scherman

Photo: Johan Candert

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Part 2 Seal hunting in the north is a unique phenomenon

Sweden, Finland, and Norway conduct hunting for seals as trophy hunting. In most other countries, hunting of large marine mammals has been prohibited. In the USA,...

Reportage: Daniel Hager/Lena Scherman/Alexandre Gobatti

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Part 3 The fish is gone, but is it the seal’s fault?

The fish are running out, the herring and the baltic herring are threatened and the cod is almost completely gone. When there is a competition...

Reportage: Daniel Hager/Lena Scherman/Alexandre Gobatti

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Part 1 Why do we Shoot Seals?

When the seal population had collapsed around 1980 and was almost completely extinct, the authorities put an end to all hunting. Seal protection areas were...

Reporter: Lena Scherman

Editing: Alexandre Gobatti/Daniel Hager

Graphics: Daniel Hager

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skjut sälen

Shoot the Seal! Part 5 – But the harbor seals have become fewer – and no one really knows why

Part 4 – How Many Seals is it Possible to Shoot?

Sweden have three different seal species, read more about them

Part 2 Seal hunting in the north is a unique phenomenon

Part 3 The fish is gone, but is it the seal’s fault?

Part 1 Why do we Shoot Seals?

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