Comparison of changes in coho salmon Returning spawners relative predicted biomass (line) versus biomass estimates from catch and escapement (points) data between 1979 and 2020.

• Main Authors: Fanny Couture, Villy Christensen, Carl Walters
• Format: Still Image
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2024
• Subjects: Ecology; Inorganic Chemistry; Science Policy; Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified; Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified; northern british columbia; northeast pacific coast; model provided evidence; model also revealed; low levels since; orcinus orca </; oncorhynchus tshawytscha </; oncorhynchus kisutch </; salmon species targeted; pacific salmon populations; coho salmon (<; chinook salmon populations; chinook salmon (<; killer whale population; salmon population declines; main limiting factor; div >< p; >) smolts increased; multiple factors may; marine mammals could; fishing mortality since; 2020 mortality ranging; marine mammals; resident </; >); could; 2020 may; total mortality; mortality pattern; srkw population; study evaluated; stock productivity; relatively stable; previous research; ocean productivity; mainly driven; important large; important driver; food availability; fishing activities; ewe ); eating southern; combined effects; climatic patterns; 6 times; Pacific; Killer Whale; Orca; Orcinus orca; Killer whale
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0296358.g006

Comparison of changes in coho salmon Returning spawners relative predicted biomass (line) versus biomass estimates from catch and escapement (points) data between 1979 and 2020.