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AU THE DAVIS STRAIT A preliminary strategic environmental impact assessment of hydrocarbon activities in the eastern Davis Strait Scientifi c Report from DCE – Danish Centre for Environment and Energy Flemming Merkel 1 David Boertmann 1 Anders Mosbech 1 Fernando Ugarte 2 1 Aarhus University, Department of Bioscience 2 Greenland Institute of Natural Resources AARHUS UNIVERSITY DCE – DANISH CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY No. 15 2012
Page 1: THE DAVIS STRAIT A preliminary stra
Page 5 and 6: Contents Preface 5 Summary and conc
Page 7 and 8: Preface The Bureau of Minerals and
Page 9 and 10: anks are normally ice free or have
Page 11 and 12: ed in large numbers in the assessme
Page 13 and 14: cetaceans (whales and harbour porpo
Page 15 and 16: placement and transport corridors.
Page 17 and 18: shrimp and Greenland halibut, for i
Page 19 and 20: Mitigation The risk of accidents an
Page 21 and 22: Miljøet Det pelagiske miljø De fy
Page 23 and 24: Fangst og udnyttelse Menneskelig ud
Page 25 and 26: Indenfor fiskeriet, er risikoen for
Page 27 and 28: Kumulative effekter Der vil være e
Page 29 and 30: dybde, kan muligvis ændre på konk
Page 31 and 32: ingsæl, spættet sæl, finhval, pu
Page 33 and 34: tassannga misilittagarineqalersut s
Page 35 and 36: Timmisat imarmiut amerlasoorsuit, q
Page 37 and 38: lu klimami pissutsinut atuutunut tu
Page 39 and 40: toqunartoqarneri arrortikkuminarner
Page 41 and 42: toqusarnermik taarserneqarluni, uum
Page 43 and 44: minguttitamiit ajoquserneqarsinnaan
Page 45 and 46: Kalaallit Nunaanni immikkut ulorian
Page 47 and 48: Figure 1.1.1. The assessment area,
Page 49 and 50: VEC = Valued Ecosystem Components V
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2.9 Other activities Ship transport
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Figure 3.2.1. Major sea surface cur
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3.2.3 The coasts The coastal zone b
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Jan Feb May Apr May Jul Aug Sep Oct
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Figure 3.3.3. Average sea ice exten
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Figure 3.3.4. Major iceberg sources
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4 Biological environment 4.1 Primar
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Figure 4.1.1. Monthly progressions
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Figure 4.2.1. Calanus spp. biomass
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69 Fish larvae are important compon
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Figure 4.2.4. Red dots indicate san
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focus should improve our understand
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The coastal zone of the assessment
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183 macroalgal species (excl. the b
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Table 4.3.1. Distribution of macroa
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Chaetomorpha capillaris Chaetomorph
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egistered in the area. A similar pa
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The sea ice algal production in the
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1990) and then north (mid-2000s) in
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September when they have reached a
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Salmon, Salmo salar Biology and dis
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tween 1 and 2.4 billion individuals
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It should be noted that the breedin
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66°N 64°N 62°N 60°W 60°W Arcti
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Knowledge on habitat use of the win
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Great shearwater, Puffinus gravis T
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Common eider, Somateria mollissima
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Figures 4.7.7. At-sea distribution
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Figure 4.7.9. Distribution and inte
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Figure 4.7.11. At-sea distribution
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The Iceland gull has a favourable c
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Figure 4.7.12. Distribution and int
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Murres spend very long time on the
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The puffins are migratory, but thei
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Figure 4.7.16. Density of whitetail
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sonal communication 1984) varied wi
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Numbers: The status of the walrus s
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tively impacted by disturbance from
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surround the eyes and line the oral
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Sensitivity: Non-whelping hooded se
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winter in reoccurring leads and pol
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Critical and important habitats: Th
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Figure 4.8.6. The main frequency ra
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tude breeding grounds and high lati
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Figure 4.8.7. Migration routes for
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long-finned squid (Loligo pealei) (
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Until recently the abundance of har
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Figure 4.8.9. Main summer and winte
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4.9.1 Pelagic hotspots The shelf ba
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5 Natural resource use 5.1 Commerci
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66°N 64°N 62°N 60°W Snow crab c
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Figure 5.1.4. Distribution and size
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Salmon, Salmo salar The fishery for
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Figure 5.2.2. Annual number of king
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2003/04-2007/08 the catch averaged
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66°N 64°N 62°N 66°N 64°N 62°N
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Figure 5.2.6. The West Greenland ca
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Figure 5.3.1. The number of cruise
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6.2 National nature protection legi
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formation see the IBA website (http
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glaucous gulls, great black-backed
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7.2 Conclusions on contaminant leve
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structures containing up to 10 ring
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The current warming trends are ofte
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species interactions. In the review
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8.5 Marine mammals and seabirds The
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9 Impact assessment David Boertmann
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10 Impacts of the potential routine
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Impact of seismic noise on zoo- and
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type or timing of vocalisations. In
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detailed studies on the effect of s
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Table 10.1.1. Overview of potential
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een eliminated on the grounds of en
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10.3 Development and production act
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hydrocarbon activities in Greenland
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parts of the shelf. Activities in t
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Seabird hunting is widespread and i
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There is a risk of reduced availabi
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General knowledge on the potential
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week period after the Exxon Valdez
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In general, species with distinct s
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A study of the density and distribu
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majority of the biomass. From a bio
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waters longer. The coastal fishery
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Seal pups are very sensitive to dir
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indicates that similar long-term im
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other parameters. It should be note
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Autumn (September-November) During
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to oil spills and produced water. I
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12.2.1 Ecotoxicological Monitoring
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Andersen JB, Böcher J, Guttmann B,
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Anon (2011b). Selvstyrets bekendtg
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Blackwell SB, Lawson JW, Williams M
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Born EW (2003). Reproduction in mal
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Buch E, Nielsen MH, Pedersen SA (20
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Clark RC, Finley JS (1977). Effects
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Dietz R, Heide-Jørgensen MP (1995)
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Falk K, Møller S (1997). Breeding
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Gjertz I, Kovacs KM, Lydersen C, Wi
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Hansen JLS, Hjorth M, Rasmussen MB,
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Heide-Jørgensen MP, Laidre KL (201
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Horsted SA (2000). A review of the
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Jonas RF (1974). Prospect for the e
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Ketten DR, Lien J, Todd S (1993). B
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Lick R, Piatkowski U (1998). Stomac
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Melle W, Serigstad B, Ellertsen B (
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Mosbech A, Danø R, Merkel FR, Sonn
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Nielsen OK, Lyck E, Mikkelsen MH, H
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Parry GD, Gason A (2006). The effec
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Popper AN, Fewtrell J, Smith ME, Mc
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Rivkin RB, Tian R, Anderson MR, Pay
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Schaaning MT, Trannum HC, Øxnevad
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Simpson AC, Howell BR, Warren PJ (1
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Taylor MK, Akeeagok S, Andriashek D
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Wegeberg S, Bangsholt J, Dolmer P,
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