Summer sandeel consumption by seabirds breeding in the Firth of Forth, south-east Scotland

• Published in: ICES Journal of Marine Science
• Main Authors: Wanless, S., Harris, M. P., Greenstreet, S. P. R.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford University Press 1998
• Subjects: Articles; Arctic; Marr; Alca torda; fratercula; Fratercula arctica; North Atlantic; Razorbill; rissa tridactyla; Sterna hirundo; Uria aalge; uria
• Online Access: http://icesjms.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/55/6/1141; https://doi.org/10.1006/jmsc.1998.0372

The industrial fishery for lesser sandeels ( Ammodytes marinus ) is currently the largest single-species fishery in the North Sea and this species is also the main food of many seabirds breeding in colonies in this area. It has been suggested that inshore sandeel fisheries could have adverse consequ...