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Eider husbandry in the North Atlantic: trends and prospects

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 October 2009

Robin W. Doughty
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Mankind's relationships with animals consist mainly of preying on them or selecting and controlling useful traits through domestication. The tradition of manipulating populations to conserve animals is ancient. Old laws in western Europe restricted hunting to the upper classes, and regulations have governed the killing of mammals and birds for food. Inhabitants of Britain's remote St Kilda Island, for example, lived off sea birds for 150 years, taking into account the breeding requirements and reproductive potential of several species. Marine birds provide good examples of how different patterns of animal exploitation and conservation have become established. The utilization of one such bird the Common Eider Somateria mollissima demonstrates a rare mutual dependence between man and animal.

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Polar Record , Volume 19 , Issue 122 , May 1979 , pp. 447 - 459
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1979

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