Resumption of Anadromy or Straying? Origins of Sockeye Salmon in the Elwha River

• Published in: Transactions of the American Fisheries Society
• Main Authors: Quinn, Thomas P., Pess, George R., Sutherland, Ben J. G., Brenkman, Samuel J., Withler, Ruth E., Flynn, Kelsey, Beacham, Terry D.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2021
• Subjects: Fraser River; Pacific; Sockeye; Stikine; Stikine River; Sutherland
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/tafs.10294; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/tafs.10294; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full-xml/10.1002/tafs.10294; https://afspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/tafs.10294

Abstract When barriers to migration are removed, anadromous fishes from other rivers may colonize newly accessible habitat or landlocked forms of the species may resume anadromy if conditions allow. For example, two large hydroelectric dams on the Elwha River, Washington, were removed between 2011 a...