The Designated Shipping Avoidance Area Around St. Lawrence Island, Northern Bering Sea, Is not Sufficient to Protect Foraging Habitat of the Island’s Breeding Seabird Community

• Published in: Frontiers in Marine Science
• Main Authors: Jean-Baptiste Thiebot, Alexis P. Will, Shota Tsukamoto, Alexander S. Kitaysky, Akinori Takahashi
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022
• Subjects: Arctic; warming; GPS tracking; habitat suitability; marine spatial planning; alcids; Science; Q; General. Including nature conservation; geographical distribution; QH1-199.5; Arctic Ocean; Bering Sea; Lawrence Island; Black-legged Kittiwake; Common Murre; rissa tridactyla; St Lawrence Island; thick-billed murre; Uria aalge; uria
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.875541; https://doaj.org/article/81b516b399e04c2db5045865fa9d8013

One direct consequence of Arctic warming is the expansion of navigable portions of the Arctic Ocean. As a result, vessel traffic and the accompanying threats of spills, strikes and disturbance is intensifying throughout the Arctic. In the Bering Sea, these threats to the environment, wildlife and to...