 This most commonly happens to young inexperienced birds, but can happen in great numbers to exhausted adults after large storms, an event known as a "wreck", where they provide prized sightings for birders.Seabirds have had a long association with both fisheries and sailors, and both have drawn benefits and disadvantages from the relationship.Fishermen have traditionally used seabirds as indicators of both fish shoals, underwater banks that might indicate fish stocks, and of potential landfall.