Species and population diversity in Pacific salmon fisheries underpin indigenous food security

• Published in: Journal of Applied Ecology
• Main Authors: Nesbitt, Holly K., Moore, Jonathan W.
• Other Authors: Manning, Peter, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2016
• Subjects: Canada; Fraser River; Keta; Pacific; Sockeye; Oncorhynchus gorbuscha
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.12717; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2F1365-2664.12717; https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/1365-2664.12717

Summary Indigenous people are considered to be among the most vulnerable to food insecurity and biodiversity loss. Biodiversity is cited as a key component of indigenous food security; however, quantitative examples of this linkage are limited. We examined how species and population diversity influe...