WILD SALMON RESTORATION: IS IT WORTH IT?

• Main Author: R Lackey
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2005
• Subjects: British Columbia; Canada; Grim; Pacific; Yukon; Atlantic salmon; North Atlantic; Alaska
• Online Access: http://oaspub.epa.gov/eims/eimsapi.dispdetail?deid=74994

Salmon are categorized biologically into two groups: Pacific salmon and Atlantic salmon. Atlantic salmon are found on both sides of the North Atlantic Ocean, but have declined precipitously compared to the size of runs prior to the 1700s. The largest (though small by historic standards) remaining ru...