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Index of Subjects Yes Blake, You have cause for concern. Food shortage in the North Sea is a problem. One of the biggest issues is the catching of the huge amounts of sandeel. This small fish is a major food source for many species, but every year huge amounts are caught by British and Danish fishermen, and for what? Most of it is turned into pig food, especially in Denmark where they have a quota of 900,000 tonnes, and the experts wonder why fish stocks are disappearing. It is just greed. Regards, Eddie Chapman, Voss, Norway. Birding Scandinavia Today’s picture: Little Grebe http://www.birdwatchnorway.com/index-filer/Page403.htm ________________________________________ Fra: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca] På vegne av Blake Maybank Sendt: 09 December 2007 17:52 Til: NATURENB@LISTSERV.UNB.CA; naturens@chebucto.ns.ca; BIRDCHAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU Emne: [NatureNS] Massive die-off of seabirds in the North Sea Hi All; I draw your attention to the following on-line article, describing a massive mortality of auks in the North Sea. http://tinyurl.com/23c6o6 Disappearing food sources are of deep concern. For example, the puffins in Iceland have had extremely poor breeding success for the past two years, due to food shortages. But this particular die-off involves adult birds, and that can't bode well for these species, which reproduce slowly. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Blake Maybank maybank@ns.sympatico.ca Editor, "Nova Scotia Birds" author, "Birding Sites of Nova Scotia" http://maybank.tripod.com/BSNS.htm White's Lake, Nova Scotia, Canada
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