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Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2014

Populations of IBA trigger species

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s) of estimate	Population estimate	IBA Criteria Triggered
Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis	VU	winter	2010-2014	120-200 individuals	A1
Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca	VU	winter	2004-2013	500-1,200 individuals	A1, B2
Horned Grebe Podiceps auritus	VU	winter	2004-2013	80-120 individuals	B1i, B2

Note: This table presents the IBA criteria triggered and the species that triggered then at the time of assessment, the current IUCN Red List category may vary from that which was in place at that time.

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Threats to the site (pressure)
Threat Level 1	Threat Level 2	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Agricultural expansion and intensification	marine and freshwater aquaculture - industrial aquaculture	happening now	small area/few individuals (<10%)	no or imperceptible deterioration	low
Human intrusions and disturbance	recreational activities	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium
Invasive and other problematic species and genes	invasive non-native/alien species/diseases - named species	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium
Residential and commercial development	housing and urban areas	happening now	small area/few individuals (<10%)	no or imperceptible deterioration	low
Transportation and service corridors	roads and railroads	past (and unlikely to return) and no longer limiting	small area/few individuals (<10%)	slow but significant deterioration	low

Condition of key/trigger populations (state)
Scientific	Common	TargetPop	ActualPop	Units	Remaining	Result
Melanitta fusca	Velvet Scoter	1200	410	individuals	35	very unfavourable
Podiceps auritus	Horned Grebe	120	140	females	100	favourable

Conservation actions taken at site (response)
Conservation Designation	Management Planning	Conservation Action	Result
Little/none of site covered (<10%)	No management planning has taken place	Very little or no conservation action taking place	negligible

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Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
Ytre Klungset	Naturreservat	8	protected area contained by site	8
Sundstraumlian	Naturreservat	127	protected area overlaps with site	0
Saltstraumen	Marine Protected Area (OSPAR)	2,500	protected area overlaps with site	0
Saltstraumen	Marint verneområde (naturmangfoldloven)	3	protected area overlaps with site	2,474

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Marine Neritic		-
Marine Intertidal		-
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
fisheries/aquaculture	-
nature conservation and research	-
tourism/recreation	-

For further information about the land use classification please click here.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Saltstraumen & Skjerstadfjorden. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 23/03/2023.