OneNOAA Science Seminar Series

Title:
An old, new threat: increasing fisheries and seabird bycatch in the Canadian Arctic

Presenter(s):
Jennifer Provencher, Conservation Biologist at the Environment and Climate Change Canada, Ottawa, Canada

Sponsor(s):
This seminar is part of NOAA’s EcoFOCI bi-annual seminar series focused on the ecosystems of the North Pacific Ocean, Bering Sea and U.S. Arctic to improve understanding of ecosystem dynamics and applications of that understanding to the management of living marine resources. Since Oct 21, 1986, the seminar has provided an opportunity for research scientists and practitioners to meet, present, develop their ideas and provoke conversations on subjects pertaining to fisheries-oceanography or regional issues in Alaska’s marine ecosystems, including the US Arctic.Visit the EcoFOCI webpage for more information, http://www.ecofoci.noaa.gov/.

Seminar Contact: Heather Tabisola (heather.tabisola@noaa.gov) and Jens Nielsen (jens.nielsen@noaa.gov)

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Abstract:
We examine the implications of growing fisheries in the eastern Canadian Arctic on northern fulmar populations using a variety of modelling, observation and genomic tools.

Bio(s):
Jennifer F. Provencher is a Canadian conservation biologist focusing on the impact of human activities on the health of Arctic seabirds and marine ecosystems. Jennifer Provencher is Head of the Wildlife Health Unit at the Canadian Wildlife Service (Environment and Climate Change Canada), and her work focuses on the effect of diseases, parasites and contaminants on the conservation of wildlife. As of 2019, she is an adjunct researcher at three Canadian universities: Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario; Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia; and Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada

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