Status of Salmon Stocks and Fisheries in the North Pacific Ocean

• Main Authors: Harold J. Geiger, Ted Perry, Masa-aki Fukuwaka, Vladimir Radchenko
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: Pacific salmon; stock assessment; catch; recruitment; Bering Sea; Gulf of Alaska; Canada; Pacific; Sockeye; Alaska
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.581.2793; http://www.npafc.org/new/publications/Technical Report/TR4/page 6-7(Geiger).pdf

Overall, the status of Pacific salmon stocks and fisheries is currently viewed as favorable by scientists around the Pacific – although there are some areas of definite concern. Stocks in the Pacific Northwest of the United States are at historically low levels. Along the west coast of Canada, coho...