Genetic Stock Structure of Anadromous Arctic Char in Canada’s Central Arctic: Potential Implications for the Management of Canada’s Largest Arctic Char Commercial Fishery

• Main Authors: Harris, Les N., Jean-Sébastien Moore, Bajno, Robert, Tallman, Ross F.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Taylor & Francis 2016
• Subjects: Genetics; FOS Biological sciences; 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified; FOS Earth and related environmental sciences; Ecology; 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified; Marine Biology; Inorganic Chemistry; FOS Chemical sciences; Science Policy; Arctic; Cambridge Bay; Nunavut; Wellington Bay; Salvelinus alpinus
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.4264268; https://tandf.figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/Genetic_Stock_Structure_of_Anadromous_Arctic_Char_in_Canada_s_Central_Arctic_Potential_Implications_for_the_Management_of_Canada_s_Largest_Arctic_Char_Commercial_Fishery/4264268

The Arctic Char Salvelinus alpinus is widely considered the most important subsistence fish species in the Canadian Arctic. Throughout the species’ range, commercial fisheries for Arctic Char also exist, the management of which primarily follows river-specific harvest strategies. Such an approach, h...