Malta seabirds suffer among highest plastic exposures due to pollution
Yelkouan Shearwaters breeding on Malta are suffering from the highest plastic exposures of any seabird worldwide
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Yelkouan Shearwaters breeding on Malta are suffering from the highest plastic exposures of any seabird worldwide
BirdLife said on Friday it will continue studying seabirds on land and at sea following the start of a new project - LIFE PanPuffinus! This will be a Mediterranean-wide collaboration for the conservation of two endemic and threatened species: the Yelkouan shearwater (Puffinus yelkouan) and the Balearic shearwater (Puffinus mauretanicus). Through the new €3.45 million project, BirdLife has joined forces with its partners from France, Greece, Portugal and Spain to share knowledge and investigate further the whereabouts of these elusive birds, their interactions with fisheries, and the peril...