Environmental

Audubon Study Reveals Links Between Warming Seas, Commercial Fisheries and Survival of Puffin Chicks

Fisheries Management is Key to Maintaining Abundance of Forage Fish Food Source

Four day old puffin chick in hand Seal Island July 15, 2013. Photo: Steve Kress/Audubon

NEW YORK, N.Y. –(ENEWSPF)–April 22, 2016.   A new study by the National Audubon Society demonstrates how puffin chicks reveal changes in forage fish communities. A paper published today in FACETS, shows connections between the condition and survival of puffin nestlings, climate change and commercial fisheries.

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