History of salmon in the Great Lakes, 1850-1970

• Main Author: Parsons, John W. (John Wilson), 1920-
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Washington, U.S. Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife; for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. off. 1973
• Subjects: Salmon; Animal introduction; Spawning Lake; Atlantic salmon; Pink salmon
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015086512392

Bibliography: p. 76-80. Abstract -- Part I: Atlantic salmon in Lake Ontario -- Distribution and abundance -- St. Lawrence gulf and river system -- Lake Ontario -- Biology of Lake Ontario salmon -- General characteristics of Lake Ontario salmon -- Migration and spawning -- Lake Ontario salmon: freshwater residents or anadromous? -- Wilmot's observations on the life history of the Lake Ontario salmon -- The decline and extinction of Atlantic salmon in Lake Ontario -- Decline in abundance -- Causes of decline -- Attempted remedies for the decline -- Atlantic salmon propogation in Ontario -- Culture of Atlantic salmon by Samuel Wilmot, 1866-81 -- Part II: Exotic salmon in the Great Lakes -- Artificial propogation of exotic species of salmon in the Great Lakes -- Salmon planting records and results, 1873-1947 -- Chinook salmon -- Lake Ontario -- Lake Erie -- Lakes Huron, Michigan, and Superior -- Atlantic salmon -- Other salmons -- Coho salmon -- Masu salmon -- Evaluation of propogation of exotic salmon before 1950 -- Plantings of Atlantic, pink, and kokanee salmon -- Atlantic salmon -- Pink salmon -- Kokanee salmon -- Lake Ontario -- Lake Erie -- Lake Huron -- Lake Michigan -- Lake Superior -- Coho and chinook salmon -- Coho salmon, 1966-70 -- Recoveries from planted stocks -- Average weights and growth -- Incidence of sea lamprey predation -- Natural reproduction -- Chinook salmon, 1967-70 -- Recoveries from planted stocks -- Average weights and growth -- Incidence of sea lamprey predation -- Natural reproduction -- Status of the coho and chinook salmon fisheries -- Acknowledgments -- References. Mode of access: Internet.