Pacific Salmon in the North American Arctic

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Craig, Peter, Haldorson, Lewis
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1986
• Subjects: Animal distribution; Oncorhynchus; Pink salmon; Beaufort Sea; Chukchi Sea; Arctic; Mer de Beaufort; Pacific; Point Hope; Arctique*; Chukchi; Alaska
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65089

All five North American Pacific salmon species occur in small numbers in arctic waters, but only pink and chum salmon appear to have viable populations north of Point Hope, Alaska. Pink salmon are the most common species and constitute 85% of salmon caught in biological surveys. Pink salmon apparent...