Stock-specific ocean distribution and migration of chum salmon

• Main Authors: Shigehiko Urawa, Shunpei Sato, Penelope A. Crane, Beverly Agler, Ron Josephson, Tomonori Azumaya
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: Bering Sea; Gulf of Alaska; Keta; Pacific; Yukon; Kodiak; Yukon river; Alaska
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.182.9798; http://www.npafc.org/new/publications/Bulletin/Bulletin%20No.%205/NPAFC_Bull_5_131-146%28Urawa%29.pdf

Abstract: Chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta) is a major pelagic fish species in the Bering Sea and North Pacific ecosystems. The stock-specific ocean distribution of chum salmon was estimated by genetic stock identification (GSI) and hatchery otolith marks. Fish were caught by 1-h trawls at 98 stations...