Overfishing of small fish has led to population declines in the birds that feed on them. Now the UK government's attempts to ...

A challenge to Britain's ban on commercial fishing for sand-eels in the North Sea has begun in a European court. Sand eels are a vital source of food for seabirds that live along the UK coastline ...

British lawyers argued a decision to close off sand eel fisheries was taken to prevent a decline in the seabirds, such as kittiwakes. EU lawyers on Tuesday told an arbitration tribunal that the ...