Early Ocean Life History of Harrison River Sockeye Salmon and their Contribution to the Biodiversity of Sockeye Salmon in the Fraser River, British Columbia, Canada

• Published in: Transactions of the American Fisheries Society
• Main Authors: Beamish, Richard J., Neville, Chrys M., Sweeting, Ruston M., Beacham, Terry D., Wade, Joy, Li, Lingbo
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2016
• Subjects: Canada; British Columbia; Sockeye; Fraser River; Pink salmon
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00028487.2015.1123182; https://afspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/00028487.2015.1123182

Abstract During a study of the early marine survival of Chinook Salmon Oncorhynchus tshawytscha and Coho Salmon O. kisutch in the Strait of Georgia from 1998 to 2010, moderate abundances of juvenile Sockeye Salmon O. nerka were observed to remain in the strait much longer than previously thought. In...