Volume 2 Pages 1 - 58 (March 1987)
Citation: Madsen. A.B.. (1987) Otter News from
Denmark. IUCN Otter Spec. Group Bull. 2: 45
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Otter News from Denmark
Aksel B. Madsen
Foreningen til Dyrenes Beskyttelse i Danmark,
Alhambravej 18, 1826 Frederiksberg C, Denmark
The national survey of otters, which began in November 1984 using the
British survey method, was completed in May 1986. In brief, of 1154
sites visited signs of otter were found in on.ly 106 (9.2%), mostly in
the north-west region of Jutland.
In continuation of the report "Otters and Fishtraps", all
interested fishermen in Denmark can obtain a 'stopgrid' - a rigid square
steel 85 mm bar length grid fitted to the inner end of the first fyke
funnel - without charge from "PROJECT OTTER". A small
publication on 14 Danish hobby fishermen's experiences from the autumn
1986 with this 'stopgrid' is now in preparation. The Ministry of Fishery
now orders that all fishermen in one of the best otter areas in Denmark
- River Hvidbjerg - must use a 'stopgrid' or a 'stopnet' in the
fishtraps. To protect the otter the Ministry of Environment has now
declared that the whole water shed of River Hvidbjerg will be preserved.
Investigations of organochlorine concentrations in muscle tissues from 8
Danish otters have been carried out in cooperation with Mats Olsson and
Lars Reuthergardh, Sweden. The concentrations of PCB, DDT, dieldrin and
HCB are low.
The German video "PROJECT OTTER - inquiries about the life of a
threatened species" has been shown on the Danish television, and in
this connection a talk about the Danish "PROJECT OTTER" was
given.
The Natural History Museum, Aarhus received 11 dead otters In 1986 - 2
were drowned in fishtraps, 4 were killed by traffic and 5 were found
dead.
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