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Sandeels are small eel-like fish which grow up to 30 cm in length and can often be found in vast shoals. They feed primarily on plankton of variable size, ranging from small plankton eggs up to larger energy rich copepods found in great abundance in
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Tracking data of individual breeding kittiwakes by RSPB scientists indicates that the most productive sandeel fishing grounds, an area known as the Dogger Bank, overlap with foraging areas of kittiwakes from eastern
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If fully protected, the Dogger Bank protected area will provide a refuge for over fished and endangered species like the common state and angleshark. Important keystone fish such as sandeels can recover to feed greater numbers of fish, seabirds porpoises and
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Carroll, Matthew J.; Bolton, Mark; Owen, Ellie; Anderson, Guy Q.A.; Mackley, Elizabeth K.; Dunn, Euan K.; Furness, Robert W. (2017). "Kittiwake breeding success in the southern North Sea correlates with prior sandeel fishing mortality".
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The preferential habitat for sand eels is a seabed floor, with a relatively smooth bottom of gravelly sand; an example of this prime habitat is the floor of the Sea of the
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for animal feed and fertilizer. Increasing fishing for them is thought to be causing problems for some of their natural predators, especially the
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are not usually called sand eels, and species from other parts of the world that are known as sand eels are usually less closely related.
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to fishing for sand eels. This led to political pressure for the closure of this fishery; the seabird populations subsequently improved.
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