The important point to the seabirds may well be not merely the survival of a reasonably large capelin stock, but the presence of capelin schools in high densities in certain areas or at certain seasons.
The life history of capelin is somewhat different than that of herring--they live in the open sea near the surface and throughout the water column most of their lives.
In theory, the capelin fishery ought not to seriously affect the birds because it is designed to exploit a surplus of capelin artificially created by the overfishing of Atlantic cod, the capelin's most important predator.
Atlantic cod follow the spawning capelin (Mallotus villosus) inshore along the east coast of Newfoundland in late June and early July.
Since alcids feed extensively on capelin at this time, many are caught in the cod nets set in areas close to the large colonies off Witless Bay (D.
Capelin and some species of smelt would be vulnerable to birds during all their lives.
It lies close to an area where capelin are especially abundant and one which is already being exploited by the developing fishery.
The capelin seems to be inferior to the eulachon as a food-fish, but to the natives of arctic regions in both hemispheres it is a very important article of food.
The capelin (Mallotus villosus) closely resembles the eulachon, differing mainly in its broader pectorals and in the peculiar scales of the males.
Fossil capelin are found in abundance in recent shales in Greenland enveloped in nodules of clay.
When in pursuit of their prey they are active and often come quite to the surface, especially when in summer they follow the capelin to the shoal water near the land.
Gave L5 of my own on Capelin's account, but find Capelin has been earning more than I expected towards his maintenance, so that what I owed was not very much.
Capelin is succeeding; business is pressing and promising.
A similar abandonment of a prime feeding area, the Grand Banks, was observed for the Northwest Atlantic humpback population and was thought to be associated with the overfishing of capelin stocks there.
Malcolm had many friends and there had been great preparations in Capelin Bay.
Fish were scarce, capelin never struck in, fur could not be got.
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