Summary of reported Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) catches and sightings in British Columbia and adjacent waters in 1993 / by A.J. Thomson and S. McKinnell.: Fs97-4/2246E-PDF

"A program to monitor the abundance and distribution of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) in British Columbia was conducted jointly by the Canadian Department of Fisheries and Oceans and the British Columbia Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food in 1993, with the cooperation of the British Columbia Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks. The study consisted of contacting over 300 individuals, primarily fisheries officers, conservation officers, community advisors, hatchery managers, hatchery volunteers, and major commercial fish buyers, advising them to return or report all encountered Atlantic salmon. Catches of Atlantic salmon in the Department of Fisheries and Oceans sales slip and mark recovery databases were reviewed. Over 4500 Atlantic salmon were either returned or reported, 21 of which were sighted or captured in freshwater. One hundred and forty seven fish were returned to the Pacific Biological Station for analysis and species verification. The majority of Atlantic salmon reported were caught in statistical areas 12 & 13 (upper and lower Johnstone Strait) during the net fishery of July 31 to August 7, 1994. Twenty-three Atlantic salmon were reported caught in Alaskan commercial fisheries in 1993 and 227 were caught or sighted in Washington State"--Abstract, page iii.

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