Genetic Stock Structure of Anadromous Arctic Char in Canada's Central Arctic: Potential Implications for the Management of Canada's Largest Arctic Char Commercial Fishery

• Published in: North American Journal of Fisheries Management
• Main Authors: Harris, Les N., Moore, Jean‐Sébastien, Bajno, Robert, Tallman, Ross F.
• Other Authors: Nunavut Wildlife Management Board, Polar Continental Shelf Project, Nunavut Implementation Funds
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2016
• Subjects: Cambridge Bay; Nunavut; Salvelinus alpinus; Wellington Bay
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02755947.2016.1227399; https://afspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/02755947.2016.1227399

Abstract The Arctic Char Salvelinus alpinus is widely considered the most important subsistence fish species in the Canadian Arctic. Throughout the species’ range, commercial fisheries for Arctic Char also exist, the management of which primarily follows river‐specific harvest strategies. Such an ap...