Steffen Oppel
@steffopp.bsky.social
I am a scientist focussing on #ornithology and #conservation and work at the Swiss Ornithological Institute (www.vogelwarte.ch)
These two studies do not contradict each other but reinforce the desperate need to get strongly regulated and strictly enforced MPAs in place - not just boxes on a map with little effect
July 28, 2025 at 4:09 PM
These two studies do not contradict each other but reinforce the desperate need to get strongly regulated and strictly enforced MPAs in place - not just boxes on a map with little effect
How is that possible? Quite simple - the second paper only looks at a small subset of strictly regulated MPAs. They have good enforcement, and may never had any fishing in the first place - so very little occurs there now
July 28, 2025 at 4:09 PM
How is that possible? Quite simple - the second paper only looks at a small subset of strictly regulated MPAs. They have good enforcement, and may never had any fishing in the first place - so very little occurs there now
The second paper finds very little industrial fishing in the highly regulated and strictly protected MPAs: buff.ly/HYHfwwh
July 28, 2025 at 4:09 PM
The second paper finds very little industrial fishing in the highly regulated and strictly protected MPAs: buff.ly/HYHfwwh
The first paper finds a lot of industrial fishing in all coastal MPAs, which is alarming because there does not seem to be much protection at all: buff.ly/S9IIg0t
July 28, 2025 at 4:09 PM
The first paper finds a lot of industrial fishing in all coastal MPAs, which is alarming because there does not seem to be much protection at all: buff.ly/S9IIg0t
The mice were introduced by people, so this is a human-caused problem. Because mice have no natural predators on this island, the mouse population depletes it's food supply forcing mice to eventually explore alternative food sources like seabirds
June 12, 2025 at 4:09 AM
The mice were introduced by people, so this is a human-caused problem. Because mice have no natural predators on this island, the mouse population depletes it's food supply forcing mice to eventually explore alternative food sources like seabirds