ugleobservationer i Nordvandet og lokalviden om fangst, Qaanaaq juni 2013. Technical Report No. 95

The Northwater - the largest Polynya in the Arctic - contains beside the unique 
natural values also a local human population that depends on an existence where 
traditional hunting is the focal point . This report includes bird observations from the 
area north of Qaanaaq. Observations that are interesting because of the season they 
are conducted on, but also because of the northern , difficult accessable locations 
that are visited during fieldwork . The report also includes a description of the subsistence harvest of walrus and narwhal in Qaanaaq area . It lists the factors where local 
hunters believe that there is a mismatch between regulation / management of the two 
species , and the conditions as they experience as professional hunters