First records of sockeye (Oncorhynchus nerka) and pink salmon (O. gorbuscha) from Banks Island and other records of Pacific salmon in Northwest Territories. Arctic 53(2

• Main Authors: John A. Babaluk, James D. Reist, James D. Johnson, Lionel Johnson, Sachs Harbour
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: Traduit pour la revue Arctic par Nésida Loyer; Aklavik; Arctic; Great Bear Lake; Keta; Mackenzie River; Northwest Territories; Pacific; Sachs Harbour; Sachs River; Sockeye; Banks Island; Mackenzie river; Pink salmon
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.550.4761; http://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/Arctic53-2-161.pdf

ABSTRACT. Eight sexually mature sockeye (Oncorhynchus nerka) and one sexually mature pink salmon (O. gorbuscha) were captured in the subsistence fishery in the Sachs River estuary at Sachs Harbour, Banks Island, Northwest Territories (NT) in August 1993. We also report a first record for coho salmon...