Upstream : salmon and society in the Pacific Northwest /

Upstream : salmon and society in the Pacific Northwest / Committee on Protection and Management of Pacific Northwest Anadromous Salmonids, Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology, Commission on Life Sciences.

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Upstream offers specific recommendations for salmon rehabilitation that take into account the key role that genetic variability plays in salmon survival and the urgent need for habitat protection and management of fishing. The volume explores the complications and conflicts surrounding the problem o...

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Corporate Author: National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Protection and Management of Pacific Northwest Anadromous Salmonids
Format: Government Document eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1996.
Subjects:
Pacific salmon > Northwest, Pacific.
Fishes > Conservation > Social aspects > Northwest, Pacific.
Pacific salmon fisheries > Northwest, Pacific > Management.
Pacific salmon > Effect of habitat modification on > Northwest, Pacific.
Salmon.
Conservation of Natural Resources.
Fishery conservation > Social aspects > Northwest, Pacific.
Pacific salmon fisheries > Pacific, Northwest > Management.
Table of Contents:
  • Salmon geography and ecology
  • Human history and influences
  • Status of salmon
  • Values and institutions
  • Genetics and conservation
  • Habitat loss
  • Habitat management and rehabilitation
  • Dams and mitigation of their effects
  • Fishing
  • Salmon-fishery management concepts
  • Hatcheries
  • Institutional analysis
  • A scientific advisory board to address the salmon problem
  • Conclusions and recommendations.

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