Editing Puffin (section)

=== Hunting ===
Puffins are hunted for eggs, feathers, and meat. Atlantic puffin populations drastically declined due to [[habitat destruction]] and exploitation during the 19th century and early 20th century. They continue to be hunted in Iceland and the Faroe Islands.<ref name="BNA Atlantic">{{cite journal |url=http://bna.birds.cornell.edu/bna/species/709 |title=Atlantic Puffin (''Fratercula arctica'') |last1=Lowther |first1=Peter E. |last2=Diamond |first2=A. W |last3=Kress |first3=Stephen W. |last4=Robertson |first4=Gregory J. |last5=Russell |first5=Keith |year=2002 |journal=The Birds of North America Online |editor-last=Poole |editor-first=A. |location=Ithaca |publisher=Cornell Lab of Ornithology |access-date=1 April 2009 |url-access=subscription |doi=10.2173/bna.709}}</ref>

The [[Blasket Islands]] off the Irish coast of [[County Kerry]] saw a serious decline due to harvesting. Until the islands were abandoned in 1953, the islanders often lived just above starvation level. As a result, the puffins were hunted in large numbers for food.

The Atlantic puffin forms part of the national diet in Iceland, where the species does not have legal protection. Puffins are hunted by a technique called "sky fishing", which involves catching the puffins in a large net as they dive into the sea. Their meat is commonly featured on hotel menus. The fresh heart of a puffin is eaten raw as a traditional Icelandic delicacy.<ref name="guardian">{{cite news |last=Plunkett |first=John |title=Gordon Ramsay cleared over puffin eating |work=[[The Guardian]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2008/sep/15/channel4.television |access-date=6 April 2009 |location=London |date=15 September 2008}}</ref> On the small Icelandic island of [[Grímsey|Grimsey]] as many as 200 puffins can be caught in a single morning.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-41359122 |title=The island where people eat puffins |date=24 September 2017 |work=[[BBC News]] |access-date=24 September 2017}}</ref>