First Records of Sockeye (Oncorhynchus nerka) and Pink Salmon (O. gorbuscha) from Banks Island and Other Records of Pacific Salmon in Northwest Territories, Canada

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Babaluk, John A., Reist, James D., Johnson, James D., Johnson, Lionel
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 2000
• Subjects: Beaufort Sea; Cache Creek; first record; Great Bear Lake; Mackenzie River; Northwest Territories; Pacific salmon; Sachs Harbour; mer de Beaufort; première observation; Grand lac de l’Ours; fleuve Mackenzie; Territoires du Nord-Ouest; saumon du pacifique; Aklavik; Canada; Fleuve Mackenzie; Keta; Little Fish Creek; Mer de Beaufort; Pacific; Sachs River; Sockeye; Arctic; Banks Island; Grand lac de l'Ours; Mackenzie river; Pink salmon
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/63903

Eight sexually mature sockeye (Oncorhynchus nerka) and one sexually mature pink salmon (O. gorbuscha) were captured in the subsistence fishery in the Sachs River estuary at Sachs Harbour, Banks Island, Northwest Territories (NT) in August 1993. We also report a first record for coho salmon (O. kisut...