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Capelin feed Newfoundland's puffins and whales, and some worry they're in trouble | iNFOnews

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Marine scientists and conservationists are calling on officials to pause Newfoundland and Labrador's commercial capelin fishery.

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Commercial capelin fishery in Newfoundland should be paused: conservationists

Marine scientists and conservationists are calling on officials to pause Newfoundland and Labrador's commercial capelin fishery.

Cape St. Mary's birds were decimated by last year's avian flu, and the reserve fears a repeat in 2023

The grounds of Cape St. Mary's Ecological Reserve would usually be teeming with gannets this time of year, but with their numbers decimated during an avian flu outbreak in 2022, seabird biologist Bill Montevecchi is raising the alarm.

Avian flu is devastating seabird colonies across North Atlantic ocean

Marine biologist Bill Montevecchi is ranked in the top two per cent of the world's scientists. While researching the foraging tactics and migratory ecology of seabirds, he has witnessed how the avian flu is killing off seabird colonies in Newfoundland and beyond — and warns something needs to be done.

Biologists say avian flu might be infecting St. John's ducks

While N.L.'s murre population appeared healthy over winter, experts keeping close eye on avian flu

A deadly strain of avian flu, which swept through seabird colonies in Newfoundland and Labrador over the summer and into the early fall, is still a cause for concern heading into a new summer, warns one expert.

Avian flu spreads further into Newfoundland's bird populations — but deaths seem to have slowed

More dead birds have been spotted along Newfoundland's northeast coast, and populations on the Avalon Peninsula have taken a hit.

Biologists, residents watching marine bird populations as 100s more found dead on southern Avalon

Dead and dying sea birds have been showing up on the south coast of Newfoundland over the last two weeks — from the Cape St. Mary's Ecological Reserve to the public beaches in St. Vincent's, Point Lance and the southern Burin Peninsula.