Norway Yearbook - 2003

Fishing, sealing and whaling
41 9 Sea and river catch of salmon and sea trout, by county/river. Tons
Sea fishing
River fishing
2001 2002 2001 2002
Source: Salmon and sea trout fisheries, Statistics Norway.
More information: http://www.ssb.no/elvefiske_en/ and http:/twrwv.ssb.no/sjofiske_en/
Highest yielding rivers/watercourses 2002
. . 104.0
.
Total 709 607 664 517 Tana and tributaries (Norwegian part).
Rogaland 47 22 52 35 Orkla 36.6
Hordaland 19 10 13 14 Gaula 32.8
Sogn og Ejordane 32 18 29 22 Numedalslâgen 24.4
Møre og Romsdal 48 41 55 43 Namsen 20.7
Sør-Trøndelag 77 82 110 78 Altaelva 14.8
Nord-Trøndelag 101 87 72 36 Tengs-, Bjerkreimselva 12.1
Nordland 35 48 48 44 Drivavassdraget 10.8
Troms 62 61 31 30 Drammenselva 10.2
Finnmark Finnmárku . . . 248 205 193 156 Neidenelva (Norwegian part) 10.1
Other counties 40 32 61 59
420 Sealing
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002*
.
Number of vessels entered 3 4 .. 5 3 5 3 4
Vessels entered. Gross tons 1 201 ..
Expeditions . 4 4 3
Animalscaught,total 15981 16737 10114 9067 66399 20549 12012 10691
Harpseal,total 15048 15926 7163 2716 1 953 18678 8192 3575
Of which
Young1 317 8559 1 977 1 725 781 8581 2 597 1 524
Older 14731 7367 5186 991 1172 10097 5595 2051
Hodded seal, total 933 811 2934 6351 4446 1871 3820 7116
Of which
Young1 368 575 2765 5597 3525 1346 3129 6452
Older 565 236 169 754 921 525 691 664
Production of blubber, total. Tons 407 346 206 167 84 353 321 187
Value2 .. .. 1841 2331 1591 2718 2873 4094
1Less than one year. 2The seal catch 1995-1996 is not sold. 3Catch of seals taken under permit of scientific purposes. 4lncluded 234 harp
seals and 67 hodded seals for research purposes. 5lncluded 27 harp seals and 19 hodded seals for research purposes. 6lncluded 233 harp
seals and 362 hodded seals for research purposes.
Source: The Directorate of Fisheries. More information: http:/Avww.fiskeridir.no/
Statistical Yearbook of Norway 2003
353