Game research

We work to gain information on our wildlife populations and their habitats in order to acquire a better understanding of the processes regulating their numbers. We aim to achieve a sustainable use of wildlife populations and their habitats. Results from our research are published in scientific journals as well as popular magazines to promote practical wildlife management.

Our research is focused on on wildlife habitats, population dynamics and population biology. Several monitoring schemes for wildlife populations provide background information for research as well the tools needed to regulate hunting. Thousands of hunters participate in the annual wildlife counts.

Radio tracking has matured as a research tool, and the routines for data collection are now providing research with lots of new and exciting information. Our carnivore research has especially gained from the new GPS and GSM techniques in radio tracking.

The Baltic grey seal population has recovered from its low, but the ringed seals still suffer from severe reproductive incapacity. Sampling ringed seals in the Bothnian Bay for analysis of contamination is done by traditional hunting on seal skies. Photo Marcus Wikman

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