⟦Gálvez et al.⟧ Insights into anthropogenic threats and early mortality in the Guadalupe fur seal from a plausible mixed colony on the San Benito Archipelago, Mexico
https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/marine-science/articles/10.3389/fmars.2026.1696006/full 🦭
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Frontiers | Insights into anthropogenic threats and early mortality in the Guadalupe fur seal from a plausible mixed colony on the San Benito Archipelago, Mexico
In Mexico, the Guadalupe fur seal (Arctocephalus townsendi, GFS) is listed as Risk of Extinction, with one breeding site on Guadalupe Island, and another pot...
⟦Thorpe & Heath⟧ Seal population recovery and conservation can be reconciled with viable commercial fisheries in the North Sea, although both may be threatened by climate change
https://academic.oup.com/icesjms/article/83/4/fsag041/8651479?login=false 🦭
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Seal population recovery and conservation can be reconciled with viable commercial fisheries in the North Sea, although both may be threatened by climate change
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