Population genomics, life-history tactics, and mixed-stock subsistence fisheries in the northernmost American Atlantic salmon populations.

ABSTRACT: While Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) of the northernmost American populations is alimentary, economically, and culturally important for Ungava Inuit communities (Nunavik, Canada) and might play a key role in the persistence of the species in a global warming context, many mysteries remain about those remote and atypical populations. Thus, our first aim was to document the genomic structure of the Nunavik populations. The second objective was to determine whether salmon only migrating to the estuary without reaching the sea, apparently unique to those populations, represent distinct populations from the typical anadromous salmons and subsequently explore the genetic basis of migratory life-history tactics in the species. Finally, the third goal was to quantify the contribution of each

SUBMITTER: Carbonneau A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10883791 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature