Sand eels are a vital source of food for seabirds that live along the UK coastline, including the internationally important ...

The row was triggered when Britain barred EU fishermen from catching sand eels in English and Scottish waters last March ...

The UK has banned European vessels from catching the silvery fish species in its North Sea waters but the EU is challenging ...

EXPLAINED Starmer's six key goals in Brexit 'reset' - and what the EU could demand in return. The Prime Minister is eager to ...

The tiny sand eel is used widely as bait and in animal feed — but it's also an important food source for puffins and other ...

The UK will fight in court for its right to ban fishing vessels from catching sand eels, small silvery fish which are often ...

Every summer for the past 12 years, Friends of Haystack Rock volunteer Tim Halloran has risen early to go to the beach and watch tufted puffins swoop, dive and nest above the vast blue backdrop of ...

But it is a favourite food of other fish species like cod and haddock, as well as threatened seabirds such as puffins and kittiwakes. The UK has effectively stopped its own vessels from fishing ...

as well as species that are dependent on sandeels for food including fish, marine mammals, and seabirds". This included vulnerable species like the Atlantic puffin, seals, porpoises and other fish ...

When they make their first journey into the ocean, fledgling Atlantic puffins are prone to being stranded on land, imperiling them. For years, scientists have wondered what leads to these strandings.