Pacific Salmon Production Trends in Relation to Climate

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
• Main Authors: Beamish, Richard J., Bouillon, Daniel R.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1993
• Subjects: Canada; Keta; Pacific; Sockeye; aleutian low; Oncorhynchus gorbuscha
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/f93-116; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/f93-116

Pink (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha), chum (O. keta), and sockeye salmon (O. nerka) represent approximately 90% of the commercial catch of Pacific salmon taken each year by Canada, Japan, the United States, and Russia. Annual all-nation catches of the three species and of each species, from 1925 to 1989, e...