The island of Skomer a mile off the coast of Pembrokeshire, that's home to 42,000 puffins The post-Brexit row between the EU and the UK Starded  after the UK recently banned sand eel fishing in the North Sea. The UK said the ban would protect Britain's puffins, which rely on the sand eel for their diet. The endangered puffin is one of Britain's most iconic seabirds.

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