Is fishing selective for physiological and energetic characteristics in migratory adult sockeye salmon?

• Published in: Evolutionary Applications
• Main Authors: Cooke, Steven J, Donaldson, Michael R, Hinch, Scott G, Crossin, Glenn T, Patterson, David A, Hanson, Kyle C, English, Karl K, Shrimpton, J Mark, Farrell, Anthony P
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Blackwell Publishing Ltd 2009
• Subjects: Original Articles; Fraser River; Hell's Gate; Sockeye; First Nations
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3352493; https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1752-4571.2009.00076.x

There is extensive evidence that fishing is often selective for specific phenotypic characteristics, and that selective harvest can thus result in genotypic change. To date, however, there are no studies that evaluate whether fishing is selective for certain physiological or energetic characteristic...