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Is shooting of cormorants in Danish waters adding to the population decline of the carbo sub-species in Norway?

Year: 2026

Type: conference-paper

Abstract: In Denmark, hunters have shot between 4,680 and 9,060 cormorants annually since 2017/18 under official derogation permits approved by the Danish authorities. From 2022 to 2024, Aarhus University investigated the subspecies composition of culled cormorants in Denmark to assess to what extent Norwegian Great Cormorants (Phalacrocorax carbo carbo) were included in the hunting bag. While the Danish breeding population consists entirely of the continental subspecies (Ph. c. sinensis), many Norwegian birds (Ph. c. carbo) migrate to Denmark during autumn and winter and may then be subject to derogation shooting in Danish waters.

Authors: Clausen, Kevin Kuhlmann; id_orcid 0000-0003-3636-5442, Sterup, Jacob; id_orcid 0009-0008-9887-7324, Pedersen, Kjeld Tommy, Bregnballe, Thomas; id_orcid 0000-0003-2867-478X

Language: English

Topic: Avian ecology and behavior

Subfield: Ecology

Field: Environmental Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

SDGs: Life below water, Life on land

Open Access status: gold

OpenAlex ID: W7130632963

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