Chum salmon

• Main Authors: William R. Heard, Alex C. Wertheimer
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1920
• Subjects: Key words; PDO; pink salmon; chum salmon; hatcheries; marine survival patterns; pteropods; odd-even year synchrony; Gulf of Alaska; Pink salmon; Alaska
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.432.8819; http://www.npafc.org/new/publications/Technical Report/TR8/Heard and Wertheimer.pdf

Historically pink and chum salmon likely have always been the most abundant salmon species in the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). Factors accounting for this include biology requiring less extensive freshwater life history that affords opportunities for producing large numbers of juveniles. Most GOA pink and chum salmon originate from many regions throughout Alaska and British Columbia. Not all, however, originate from North America. Some East