Diving birds and forage fish

One-third of the bird species that use the Salish Sea are listed as threatened or endangered. A risk assessment conducted by SeaDoc Society identified that forage fish-eating diving birds are 18 times more likely to be in decline. That means that many of these birds are in decline because of issues related to the fish they eat.

• Assessing Ecological Correlates of Marine Bird Declines to Inform Marine Conservation

• The growing number of species of concern in the Salish Sea suggests ecosystem decay is outpacing recovery