North Pacific salmon abundance, 1925-2015

• Main Authors: Greg Ruggerone, Jim Irvine
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity 2018
• Subjects: Oncorhynchus nerka; Oncorhynchus gorbuscha; Oncorhynchus keta; Pacific; Sockeye; Myers; Keta; Pink salmon
• Online Access: https://search.dataone.org/view/urn:uuid:f627bc81-2999-407b-9d66-6fb39386b2d7

Abundance estimates of wild and hatchery Pacific salmon Oncorhynchus spp. are important for evaluation of stock status and density-dependent interactions at sea. This data package includes total abundances of pink, chum, and sockeye salmon, reconstructed from catch and spawning abundance data for both Asia and North America. These data are in two main categories of salmon abundance estimates: (1) return (catch plus escapement) estimates of natural-origin and enhanced-origin salmon (numerical and biomass) by species and region, and (2) Total biomass estimates of mature and younger salmon by species and region (natural-origin and hatchery-origin combined). Most of the tables cover the period from 1952-2015. Longterm tables begin at 1925. The .csv files are plain text versions of the tables found in the original excel file. The excel file also contains additional information on how the datasets can be used. These data are described further in: Ruggerone, G.T., Peterman, R.M., Dorner, B., Myers, K.W. (2010). Magnitude and trends in abundance of hatchery and wild pink salmon, chum salmon, and sockeye salmon in the North Pacific Ocean. Marine and Coastal Fisheries: Dynamics, Management, and Ecosystem Science 2:306–328 (available at http://www.bioone.org/doi/full/10.1577/C09-054.1)