Kvarken Archipelago – Seal hunting
Published by
Metsähallitus,
Vantaa, 2014
Pages
3 pp.
Language
Other languages
english
Summary
Historically, seal hunting has been a very significant means of livelihood for the people living in the Kvarken archipelago. When the Gulf of Bothnia coast was populated, seal hunting and fishing provided a lifeline for the first permanent inhabitants. Along with fishing, seal hunting played an important economic role.
