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Message: <blockquote data-quote="dantheman" data-source="post: 1256211" data-attributes="member: 32998">Seriously for a bit, am I correct in thinking that recently large colonies of breeding seabirds have been wiped out by greedy exploitative (ie non-sustainable) taking in Greenland?Another issue of uncertainty is global warming and effects of rising sea temperatures and breeding seabird colonies?I know these two may not directly affect Iceland's birds NOW, but is there not a sense that irresponsibility by tv producers and a sense 'that conservation matters don't matter', a bit of a mixed message when here in the uk (where the program was aired, and no, I didn't see it), seabirds are in a particulry delicate position, and we are at a fairly critical point in the inception of some proper, decent marine nature reserves?Just some thoughts . . .(And no, not a fan of Mr Ramsey either)</blockquote>