Sentences with phrase «endangered seabirds»

Pablo looks at why the oil wasn't set on fire (this was mentioned last week by the Coast Guard): «Burning such large quantities of oil would be a dirty proposition, blackening skies and severely impacting air quality in the Southern US, but wouldn't it be better than letting it coat hundreds of miles of beaches, endangered seabirds, oyster beds, and protective barrier wetlands?»

The report was prepared by NOAA Fisheries» Northwest Fisheries Science Center, and is part of a larger risk assessment report currently in preparation on the effects of West Coast groundfish fisheries on endangered seabirds, fish, mammals, and turtles.

The National Park Service began poisoning black rats last year to prevent the rodents from feeding on the eggs of endangered seabirds.

«This would avoid an additional cause of mortality for these endangered seabirds,» concludes Rodríguez.

But it's different for endangered seabirds called roseate terns, according to research presented here on 7 August at the annual meeting of the Ecological Society of America.

Rats spread disease and allergens, diminish agricultural crop yields, and threaten animals and endangered seabirds.

Not exact matches

The middle islet and most of the western islet remain a wilderness area set aside for nesting seabirds, like the endangered California Brown Pelican.

(9) Taking any marine mammal, sea turtle, or seabird within or above the Sanctuary, except as authorized by the Marine Mammal Protection Act, as amended, (MMPA), 16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq., Endangered Species Act, as amended, (ESA), 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq., Migratory Bird Treaty Act, as amended, (MBTA), 16 U.S.C. 703 et seq., or any regulation, as amended, promulgated under the MMPA, ESA, or MBTA.

[1] It is an important breeding site for northern elephant seals and the endangered Steller's sea lion, as well as several species of seabirds, including rhinoceros auklets, Brandt's cormorants and western gulls.

Pursuant to CFR title 36 1.5 (c)- Determination - this restriction action is necessitated for the protection of the islands unique values, ecological systems and protection of breeding populations of marine mammals, endangered species of seabirds, eagles, islands foxes and other unique and rare species of flora and fauna inhabiting the Channel Islands National Park.

It provides breeding and feeding grounds for at least twenty - five endangered or threatened species; thirty - six marine mammal species, including blue, gray, and humpback whales, harbor seals, elephant seals, Pacific white - sided dolphins, and one of the southernmost U.S. populations of threatened Steller sea lions; over a quarter - million breeding seabirds; and one of the most significant white shark populations on the planet.

Our pristine beaches and coastline teem with life, from endangered sea turtles to seabirds and mollusks.

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It features the largest seabird gathering site in the world, with more than 14 million birds from 22 species, nearly all of the remaining endangered Hawaiian monk seals, Hawaiian green sea turtles and Laysan albatrosses.

Millions of tons of coal dust spewed from the Bellingham terminal would be the «nail in the coffin» for the Cherry Point Pacific herring, according to Fred, and would endanger animals higher up on the food chain such as Chinook salmon, migratory seabirds and orcas.

These volcanic islands contain coral reefs, are the home of over two dozen species of seabirds, endangered and threatened sea turtles, marine mammals and giant coconut crabs.

«isolated from population centers, mostly uninhabited» and supporting «endemic, depleted, migratory, endangered and threatened species of fish, giant clams, crabs, marine mammals, sea turtles, seabirds, migratory shorebirds and corals that are rapidly vanishing elsewhere in the world.»

This leaves local seabirds — which are threatened due to pollution and diminished coastal fish populations — and the already - endangered island fox.

With 5.5 million sea birds nesting in the monument every year and 14 million residing in it seasonally it is collectively the largest tropical seabird rookery in the world, and includes 99 % of the world's Laysan Albatross (vulnerable) and 98 % of the world's Black - footed Albatross (endangered).

Lead contamination also poses a threat to other Midway wildlife, including the highly endangered Laysan duck and 17 other species of seabirds.