Genetic assignment of fisheries bycatch reveals disproportionate mortality among Alaska Northern Fulmar breeding colonies

• Published in: Evolutionary Applications
• Main Authors: Baetscher, Diana S., Beck, Jessie, Anderson, Eric C., Ruegg, Kristen, Ramey, Andrew M., Hatch, Scott, Nevins, Hannah, Fitzgerald, Shannon M., Carlos Garza, John
• Other Authors: North Pacific Research Board
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2022
• Subjects: Fulmar; Pacific; Fulmarus glacialis; Northern Fulmar; Alaska
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/eva.13357; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/eva.13357; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full-xml/10.1111/eva.13357

Abstract Global fisheries kill millions of seabirds annually through bycatch, but little is known about population‐level impacts, particularly in species that form metapopulations. U.S. North Pacific groundfish fisheries catch thousands of Northern Fulmars ( Fulmarus glacialis rodgersii ) each year,...