| 31. | Populations of Atlantic puffin and black-legged kittiwake have declined in response to decreased prey levels of sand eel in the sea.
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| 32. | Copepods are a main staple for sand eels, tiny animals that other whales, like humpbacks, finbacks and minkes, love to eat.
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| 33. | Three pounds of pellets made from sprats, sand eels, anchovies and pilchards are needed to produce each pound of farmed salmon.
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| 34. | There were so many sand eels that on every fourth cast or so, one of them would be impaled on our flies.
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| 35. | The southern boundary of the Raitt s sand eel is predicted to move further North in the future due to climate change.
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| 36. | But scientists suggest that attention be given to conserving sand eel populations, so that the skuas have something to eat besides other birds.
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| 37. | What are the chances of a striper's taking your imitation sand eel fly if it is swimming among thousands of the real thing?
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| 38. | It may have something to do with the many sand eels, a favorite food of the bass, that are present at that time.
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| 39. | However, a second population crash of seabirds which occurred with no effect on the stocks of sand eel, cast doubt on this link.
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| 40. | This convinced me that at least one bass had been grubbing sand eels out of the bottom rather than pursuing their free-swimming brethren.
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