Review of the Rate of Growth and Mortality of Pacific Salmon in Salt Water, and Noncatch Mortality Caused by Fishing

• Published in: Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada
• Main Author: Ricker, W. E.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1976
• Subjects: Keta; Pacific; Sockeye; Pink salmon
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/f76-191; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/f76-191

Mortality (other than landed catch) caused by pelagic gillnetting is estimated to be equal to the catch, for salmon in their penultimate year of life, and equal to about a quarter of the catch for salmon in their final year of life. Mortality caused by trolling for coho (Oncorhynchus kisutch) and ch...