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Voksen alke. Foto © Tycho Anker-Nilssen

Seabirds ring the alarm

The ongoing decrease in seabird breeding success signals the need for management actions to protect the marine ecosystems and reduce the effect of climate change.
Puffin with herring larvae. Photo © Tycho Anker-Nilssen

Seabirds consume higher proportions of fish stocks when prey abundance is low

This study signals the need for fisheries management to account for ecosystem constraints when setting catch limits in periods of low forage fish biomass.
Puffin with haddock. Photo © Tycho Anker-Nilssen

GPS-tracking of chick-rearing puffins reveals causes of population decline

Reduced availability of key prey forces adult puffins to fly further from their colonies to find food. Meanwhile, their chicks starve at the nests.

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International Black-legged Kittiwake Conservation Strategy and Action Plan, Circumpolar Seabird Expert Group.

Key-site monitoring in Norway 2019, including Svalbard and Jan Mayen.

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