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COSEWIC assessment and status report on the sockeye salmon, Oncorhynchus nerka, Sakinaw population, in Canada .: CW69-14/323-2016E-PDF

“This population experienced a very large decline in the 1980s and 1990s because of low ocean survival and over-fishing. Brood stock from Sakinaw Lake were maintained in a captive-breeding program that produced fry and smolts released into the lake beginning in 2000. Despite these introductions, almost no adults returned to the lake in 2006-2009. Smolts from the captive-breeding program continued to be introduced and adults returned to the lake in 2010 through 2014. Some of these fish spawned successfully on historical spawning beaches, demonstrating that the program was having some success in re-establishing the population. However, the number of wild-hatched fish is very small. Threats from development around the lake, low ocean survival, and the fishery continue. Designated Endangered in an emergency assessment on 20 October 2002. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2003. Status re-examined in an emergency reassessment on 20 April 2006 and confirmed Endangered. Status re-examined and confirmed in April 2016"--Assessment summary, p. iii.

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Department/Agency
  • Canada. Environment Canada.
  • Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada.
  • Canadian Wildlife Service.
TitleCOSEWIC assessment and status report on the sockeye salmon, Oncorhynchus nerka, Sakinaw population, in Canada .
Variant title
  • Sockeye salmon, Oncorhynchus nerka, Sakinaw population, in Canada
  • COSEWIC status report on the sockeye salmon, Oncorhynchus nerka, Sakinaw population, in Canada
Publication typeMonograph
Language[English]
Other language editions[French]
Earlier editionCOSEWIC assessment and status report on the Sockeye salmon, Oncorhynchus nerka, Sakinaw population, in Canada
FormatDigital text
Electronic document
Note(s)
  • Issued also in French under title: Évaluation et rapport de situation du COSEPAC sur le saumon sockeye, Oncorhynchus nerka, population Sakinaw, au Canada.
  • Cover title.
  • "Endangered, 2016."
  • “COSEWIC would like to acknowledge Jacob (Jake) Schweigert for writing the status report [...]. This report was [...] overseen by Alan Sinclair, Co-chair of the COSEWIC Marine Fishes Specialist Subcommittee”--Production note, p. [ii].
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Publishing information
  • Ottawa : Environment Canada, c2016.
Author / Contributor
  • Schweigert, J. F.
  • Sinclair, Alan.
Descriptionxi, 39 p. : ill., maps (mostly in col.)
ISBN978-0-660-05567-1
Catalogue number
  • CW69-14/323-2016E-PDF
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