Comments on: Seabird numbers dropping around Iceland

By: blahbleh

blahbleh — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:56:10 +0000

Salmon farming isn’t very big in Iceland, they tried few years ago but went broke fast as i have no doubt you expected, so Industrial farming is on very small scale atm.
“sandsili”, isn’t a target for human or animal consumtion and has never been.
Pelagic fisheries might have a say as a bycatch, then again it hasn’t been as much as it was in these resent years due to stock failure…but still “sandsili” stocks fail..make of that as you want..;)

By: Tom

Tom — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 09:14:53 +0000

I don’t suppose it is anything to do with human activity such as industrial fishing to produce feed for the ever growing industrial salmon farming?

By: blahbleh

blahbleh — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 01:13:35 +0000

It is well known that the reason for this is because of failing stocks of “sandsili”, or the stuff they eat from the sea.
The question should rather be why these small fish species are failing, I hazard to guess rising heat of ocean due to global warming, and perhaps increased predadors, f.ex whales.

By: Mic

Mic — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:27:46 +0000

You mean, we should switch off mobile phones and laptops of puffins take off and landings? Come on man, where are the proofs?

By: James

James — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:28:48 +0000

Mobile phone masts and WiFi are disrupting the birds’ navigation systems.

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