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Pacific salmon are an important natural resource upon which the indigenous ‘First Nation ’ people of the North Pacific rim have long relied for food and trade. Over the past century, Pacific salmon have also become an important commercial resource for North Pacific coastal states, and provide a high...
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2011
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| Online Access: | http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.431.9120 http://www.seafish.org/media/Publications/SeafishResponsibleSourcingGuide_pacificsalmon_201103.pdf |
| Summary: | Pacific salmon are an important natural resource upon which the indigenous ‘First Nation ’ people of the North Pacific rim have long relied for food and trade. Over the past century, Pacific salmon have also become an important commercial resource for North Pacific coastal states, and provide a high-value seasonal catch for many inshore fishermen and a sporting quarry for anglers. There are five main species of Pacific salmon that are commercially important: sockeye (Oncorhynchus nerka), pink (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha), chum (Oncorhynchus keta), coho (Oncorhynchus kisutch) and |
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