For this purpose, those who wish will be issued special permits. The hunt will be conducted under strict control, as the country has established a quota according to which no more than 2.1 thousand seals can be harvested per year. It is strictly forbidden to shoot the cubs of these animals.
The controversial decision regarding hunting is due to the fact that local hunters were unable to harvest the planned number of seals. According to the Norwegian Ministry of Fisheries, seals are increasingly damaging fishing nets and consuming too much fish, which harms local fishermen.
However, as Interfax reports, animal protection organizations consider this decision by the authorities to be wrong. In particular, representatives of the local branch of Greenpeace note that the decline in fish resources is caused not by seals, but by overly active fishing.
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