Opening a can of worms: Archived canned fish fillets reveal 40 years of change in parasite burden for four Alaskan salmon species

• Published in: Ecology and Evolution
• Main Authors: Mastick, Natalie, Welicky, Rachel, Katla, Aspen, Odegaard, Bruce, Ng, Virginia, Wood, Chelsea L.
• Other Authors: Washington Research Foundation, National Science Foundation, University of Washington, Cooperative Institute for Climate, Ocean, and Ecosystem Studies, University of Washington, School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2024
• Subjects: Keta; Sockeye; Oncorhynchus gorbuscha; Pink salmon; Alaska
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.11043; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/ece3.11043

Abstract How has parasitism changed for Alaskan salmon over the past several decades? Parasitological assessments of salmon are inconsistent across time, and though parasite data are sometimes noted when processing fillets for the market, those data are not retained for more than a few years. The la...