Date: 30/10/2023
Author: E.E. van Loon, C. Black
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This report summarizes the Muskrat and Coypu numbers in the Life Mica Project.
The Muskrat and Coypu catches per project area show overall a variable but relatively constant pattern within project areas. Differences between project areas are large (not just in absolute values, but also in occurrence per suitable habitat). The same can be said with respect to the AIS free areas and the estimated population sizes that are based on these catches.
While these values seem to correspond with the overall understanding of the population developments in the project areas, the yearly values that were used in this project do not offer sufficient detail for control activities in practice. A more fine-grained reporting of catches will be required for that.
