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| | Conservation | | |  Seabird conservation concerns include: - bycatch (seabird/fisheries interactions),
- monitoring of seabird populations,
- seabird restoration following oil spills,
- establishment of seabird sanctuaries, and
- endangered species.
In some cases, removal of feral (non-native) predators is required, such as a project to remove rats, Rattus spp from small islands near Adak, Aleutian Islands, Alaska to restore seabird populations and another project to remove introduced arctic foxes, Alopex lagopus.
Population trends of seabirds differ greatly among species and sites so that long term ecological research is required. Researchers are relating seabird productivity and population trends to variations in climate, oceanography, and structure of the marine ecosystem. | | Photo title: Cormorant, Phalacrocorax coronatus (Namibia) | | Photo credit: FAO Fisheries | | |  | | Photo title: Seagulls at Waihiki Island, New Zealand | | Photo credit: Julia K Wells | | |  | | Photo title: Soofi gull, Larus hemprichi (Oman) | | Photo credit: FAO Fisheries | | | | |
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| Mutton birds dine on plastic at Lord Howe Island
by Hawke, B, ABC News 10 January 2012 | |
| | Plastic from hundreds of kilometers away is ending up on Lord Howe Island, South Pacific and threatens the Mutton bird population. Videoclip and transcript. | |
Read more at http://www.abc.net.au/7. ... 05538.htm.
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