Migration and capture of pink salmon, Oncorhynchus gorbuscha Walbaum in Finnmark, North Norway

• Published in: Journal of Fish Biology
• Main Authors: Bjerknes, V., Vaag, A. B.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 1980
• Subjects: Norway; Atlantic salmon; Finnmark; North Atlantic; North Norway; Oncorhynchus gorbuscha; Pink salmon; Varangerfjord; Varangerfjord*
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8649.1980.tb03706.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1095-8649.1980.tb03706.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1095-8649.1980.tb03706.x

Pink salmon transplanted to the north Atlantic coast from the Soviet Union reached a peak in 1973, both in the Soviet Union and in Finnmark. Pink salmon catch statistics were compiled in 1977 for the inshore coastal and fjord areas of Finnmark from the atlantic salmon fisheries conducted locally and outside the coastal limits of Finnmark. The survey indicated a total sea catch of 12 800 specimens or 18 450 kg in Finnmark in 1977. The pink salmon reached the coast in the western regions of Finnmark during the first half of July, after which the main migration continued eastwards along the coast. The migrations into the western fjords were few, with half the total inshore catch captured in the most eastern fjord, Varangerfjord.