Persisting Worldwide Seabird-Fishery Competition Despite Seabird Community Decline

Abstract

Using global seabird and fisheries data of the Sea Around Us project, Grémillet et al. demonstrate that fishery catch on potential seabird prey increased from 59 to 65 million metric tons between 1970–1989 and 1990–2010 and that seabird-fishery competition persisted across these four decades, significantly constraining a vanishing seabird community.