Editing Norwegian Sea (section)

=== Mammals and birds ===
[[File:Gonatus fabricii 600.jpg|thumb |Armhook squid ''[[Gonatus fabricii]]'']]
Significant numbers of [[minke whale|minke]], [[Humpback whale|humpback]], [[Sei whale|sei]], and [[orca]] whales are present in the Norwegian Sea,<ref name="Hoyt">Erich Hoyt: ''Marine Protected Areas for Whales, Dolphins, and Porpoises'' Earthscan, 2005 {{ISBN|1-84407-063-8}}, pp. 120–128</ref> and [[white-beaked dolphin]]s occur in the coastal waters.<ref name="Dolphins138">[[#refKlinowska|Klinowska, 1991]], p. 138</ref> Orcas and some other whales visit the sea in the summer months for feeding; their population is closely related to the herring stocks, and they follow the herring schools within the sea.<ref name="ICES5"/> With a total population of about 110,000, minke whales are by far the most common whales in the sea. They are hunted by Norway and Iceland, with a quota of about 1,000 per year in Norway. In contrast to the past, nowadays primarily their meat is consumed, rather than fat and oil.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20061001084616/http://www.norway.org.uk/policy/environment/whaling/whaling.htm Norwegian minke whaling]. the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. norway.org.uk</ref>

The [[bowhead whale]] used to be a major plankton predator, but it almost disappeared from the Norwegian Sea after intense whaling in the 19th century,<ref name="Skreslet103"/> and was temporarily extinct in the entire North Atlantic. Similarly, the [[blue whale]] used to form large groups between Jan Mayen and Spitsbergen, but is hardly present nowadays.<ref name="Johnson95">[[#refJohnson|Johnson, 1982]], pp. 95–101</ref> Observations of [[northern bottlenose whale]]s in the Norwegian Sea are rare.<ref name="Dolphins320">[[#refKlinowska|Klinowska, 1991]], p. 320</ref> Other large animals of the sea are [[hooded seal|hooded]] and [[harp seal]]s and [[squid]].<ref name="Skreslet103" />

Important waterfowl species of the Norwegian Sea are [[puffin]], [[kittiwake]] and [[guillemot]]. Puffins and guillemots also suffered from the collapse of the herring population, especially the puffins on the Lofoten Islands. The latter hardly had an alternative to herring and their population was approximately halved between 1969 and 1987.<ref name="Jennings">Simon Jennings ''et al.'' [https://books.google.com/books?id=_J_E8O33E2gC&pg=PA297 Marine Fisheries Ecology], Blackwell Publishing, 2001 {{ISBN|0-632-05098-5}}, p. 297</ref>