Impacts of fisheries on seabird communities
Long-line by-catch of albatrosses and petrels may soon lead to species extinctions. Set-net bycatch has caused major reductions in certain seabird populations. Some fisheries may decrease numbers of seabirds by reducing abundance of prey- fish. Other fisheries may increase seabird numbers, by increa...
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ftuglasgow:oai:eprints.gla.ac.uk:4221 2023-05-15T15:38:59+02:00 Impacts of fisheries on seabird communities Furness, R.W. 2003 https://eprints.gla.ac.uk/4221/ http://www.icm.csic.es/scimar/index.php/secId/6/IdArt/471/ unknown Furness, R.W. <http://eprints.gla.ac.uk/view/author/11403.html> (2003) Impacts of fisheries on seabird communities. Scientia Marina <https://eprints.gla.ac.uk/view/journal_volume/Scientia_Marina.html>, 67(Suppl), pp. 33-45. QL Zoology GE Environmental Sciences Articles PeerReviewed 2003 ftuglasgow 2022-09-22T22:09:03Z Long-line by-catch of albatrosses and petrels may soon lead to species extinctions. Set-net bycatch has caused major reductions in certain seabird populations. Some fisheries may decrease numbers of seabirds by reducing abundance of prey- fish. Other fisheries may increase seabird numbers, by increasing prey-fish abundance through depletion of predatory fish stocks. or by provision of offal and discards. These latter impacts of fisheries on seabirds are often difficult to measure against a background of many and varied environmental and human influences. Depletion of stocks of small lipid-rich fish have reduced numbers of seabirds, in Peru, the Norwegian Sea, and the Barents Sea. However, reductions of predatory fish stocks in the North Sea have more than compensated for quantities of sandeels removed by the sandeel fishery. While piscivorous fish stocks remain low, sandeel fishery and seabirds appear to be able to coexist. However, if piscivorous fish stocks recover in the North Sea, reduced availability of sandeels to seabirds may affect certain species. Provision of discards and offal can stimulate large increases in scavenging seabird numbers. Desirable reductions in discard rates may have an unfortunate side-effect of forcing some scavenging seabirds to turn to killing smaller seabirds, with drastic consequences for community structure. Article in Journal/Newspaper Barents Sea Norwegian Sea University of Glasgow: Enlighten - Publications Barents Sea Norwegian Sea |
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Long-line by-catch of albatrosses and petrels may soon lead to species extinctions. Set-net bycatch has caused major reductions in certain seabird populations. Some fisheries may decrease numbers of seabirds by reducing abundance of prey- fish. Other fisheries may increase seabird numbers, by increasing prey-fish abundance through depletion of predatory fish stocks. or by provision of offal and discards. These latter impacts of fisheries on seabirds are often difficult to measure against a background of many and varied environmental and human influences. Depletion of stocks of small lipid-rich fish have reduced numbers of seabirds, in Peru, the Norwegian Sea, and the Barents Sea. However, reductions of predatory fish stocks in the North Sea have more than compensated for quantities of sandeels removed by the sandeel fishery. While piscivorous fish stocks remain low, sandeel fishery and seabirds appear to be able to coexist. However, if piscivorous fish stocks recover in the North Sea, reduced availability of sandeels to seabirds may affect certain species. Provision of discards and offal can stimulate large increases in scavenging seabird numbers. Desirable reductions in discard rates may have an unfortunate side-effect of forcing some scavenging seabirds to turn to killing smaller seabirds, with drastic consequences for community structure. |
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Impacts of fisheries on seabird communities |
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Furness, R.W. <http://eprints.gla.ac.uk/view/author/11403.html> (2003) Impacts of fisheries on seabird communities. Scientia Marina <https://eprints.gla.ac.uk/view/journal_volume/Scientia_Marina.html>, 67(Suppl), pp. 33-45. |
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