THE FUTURE OF PACIFIC NORTHWEST SALMON: ANATOMY OF A CRISIS

• Main Author: R Lackey
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2005
• Subjects: Yukon; Canada; Pacific; British Columbia; Atlantic salmon; North Atlantic; Alaska
• Online Access: http://oaspub.epa.gov/eims/eimsapi.dispdetail?deid=80848

Salmon are categorized biologically into two groups: Pacific salmon or Atlantic salmon. All seven species of Pacific salmon on both sides of the North Pacific Ocean have declined substantially from historic levels, but large runs still occur in northern British Columbia, Yukon, Alaska, and the Far E...