Iceland - Hunting - Dead puffin after being caught with a net by a puffin hunter in Vestmannaeyjar

A dead puffin lying on the grass after being caught using a net by a puffin hunter, Vestmannaeyjar, Iceland. Puffin hunting has been of major importance in Vestmannaeyjar and during the hunting season of just over 6 weeks every year, some 16,000 puffins were caught to make up Iceland’s national dinner. However by 2011 and 2012, breeding failures had taken such a toll that puffin hunting was banned in Vestmannaeyjar. In 2013 a five-day puffin-hunting season was allowed at the end of July.

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A dead puffin lying on the grass after being caught using a net by a puffin hunter, Vestmannaeyjar, Iceland. Puffin hunting has been of major importance in Vestmannaeyjar and during the hunting season of just over 6 weeks every year, some 16,000 puffins were caught to make up Iceland’s national dinner. However by 2011 and 2012, breeding failures had taken such a toll that puffin hunting was banned in Vestmannaeyjar. In 2013 a five-day puffin-hunting season was allowed at the end of July.