Industrial Fishing Of Sandeels Is To Blame For Seabird Declines, Not Climate Change
December 6, 2017
By Paul Homewood
According to Yahoo:
The report went on: “The UK’s kittiwake population has declined by 70% since 1986 because of falling breeding success and adult survival.
“Climate change has reduced the availability of the sandeels they rely upon in the breeding season.
“Other species that feed largely on sandeels, such as Arctic skua, Arctic tern and puffin, are at high risk of climate-related decline.â€
So let’s take a close look at puffins in particular.
The Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC), published a report in 2011, based on the Seabird 2000 Census. They included two maps, showing the distribution of Atlantic puffins:
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