The sustainable mitigation of human–wildlife conflicts has become a major societal and
environmental challenge globally. Among these conflicts, large marine predators feeding on …

Puck Bay is one of the most important resting and wintering places for seabirds in the Baltic
Sea. It is also an important, intensively used fishery ground for traditional small‐scale …

Cultivating more harmonious ways of interacting with top predators is a major challenge in
sustainably managing and developing fisheries. In-depth, interdisciplinary case studies …

With increasing seal populations in the Baltic Sea comes growing interaction between seals
and coastal fisheries. The impact of seals, mainly grey seal (Halichoerus grypus), on …

Trap nets are a large, stationary, and fixed type of passive fishing gear that has traditionally
been used for catching fish in shallow coastal environments. Despite their large size …

The survival and injuries of wild Atlantic salmon released by coastal fishers from pontoon
traps was examined in the early summer of 2020 in the Gulf of Bothnia in the northern Baltic …

Abstract 2001; Agafonova et al., 2007), breeding behavior, social interactions (Sipilä et al.,
1996; Agafonova Semistructured interviews were carried out between et al., 2007), and …

Marine mammals are important top predators in the world's oceans. Many species are
opportunistic feeders, catching the most abundant, convenient and easiest caught prey …

Sound-producing devices have been used in deterring predatory sea mammals from
aquaculture zones thereby improving and sustaining fish production. However, some …

Sound-producing devices have been used in deterring predatory sea mammals from
aquaculture zones thereby improving and sustaining fish production. However, some …