Response to comments by Heikinheimo et al. (in press) on Hansson et al. (2018): competition for the fish-fish extraction from the Baltic Sea by humans, aquatic mammals, and birds

Abstract

As discussions and debates are crucial to science, we appreciate the comments by Heikinheimo et al. (in press) on our article on competition for Baltic Sea fish resources between fishery and wildlife. We cannot see that the comments by Heikinheimo et al. changes the general conclusion derived in our original article-that there are cases of competition between wildlife and fisheries in the Baltic Sea, although not for all species and not to the same extent everywhere. Our responses are structured in the same order as the comments by Heikinheimo et al.

Keywords

Baltic Sea; bird; catch; competition; fisheries; food consumption; seal

Published in

ICES Journal of Marine Science
2018, volume: 75, number: 5, pages: 1837-1839
Publisher: OXFORD UNIV PRESS

SLU Authors

• Bergström, Ulf

  • Department of Aquatic Resources (SLU Aqua), Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

• Lundström, Karl

  • Department of Aquatic Resources (SLU Aqua), Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

• Lunneryd, Sven-Gunnar

  • Department of Aquatic Resources (SLU Aqua), Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

• Ovegård, Maria

  • Department of Aquatic Resources (SLU Aqua), Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

Associated SLU-program

Coastal and sea areas

UKÄ Subject classification

Ecology
Fish and Wildlife Management

Publication identifier

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsy087

Permanent link to this page (URI)

https://res.slu.se/id/publ/97014