Gentoos top the penguin charts as seabirds return in record numbers

Monday, August 31st 2009 - 09:15 UTC

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Gentoo penguins are returning to the Falklands in record numbers, after their best breeding season in more than ten years. Kings, too, continue to thrive, making this season’s Seabird Monitoring Programme one of the healthiest undertaken. Falklands Conservation officer Pierre Pistorius has produced this special report for the Penguin News… Read full article

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andres
Bingham blasts Falkland’s fishery policy
Marine biologist Mike Bingham claims that in 1982 the Penguin population in the Falkland Islands was six million, however twenty years later and as a direct consequence of the indiscriminate fisheries policy of the Islands government, only 600,000 are left.
Sep 03rd, 2009 - 01:01 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Justin Kuntz
Love it, did you actually read the story?

The decline in numbers was due to a number of factors; an algal bloom, avian pox, unusual water conditions affecting their food supply. But never pass up a chance to bash the Falklands eh.
Sep 03rd, 2009 - 09:10 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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andres
Excuses Justin, then why the penguin's population was not affected in mainland Argentina or Chile? The truth is hard to digest
Sep 05th, 2009 - 11:05 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Justin Kuntz
Did the mainland have an algal bloom or avian pox? The truth is easy to find but not if you have a closed mind and only accept the evidence that fits pre-conceived notions.
Sep 06th, 2009 - 05:15 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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welkin
congratulatios for the penguins!!!! good work!!

now you need the tourists!!! come on!!! you can do it!!!
Sep 09th, 2009 - 08:38 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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