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Estimation of the 1994 Harrison River chinook salmon escapement / by M.K. Farwell, L.W. Kalnin and A.G. Lotto.Fs97-4/2379E-PDF

"In 1985, the Pacific Salmon Treaty committed the Canadian Department of Fisheries and Oceans to halt the decline in abundance of chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) stocks. The Harrison River was designated a chinook indicator stock, and escapement has been monitored annually since 1984. In 1994, the Harrison River chinook escapement was estimated, using the Petersen mark-recapture method, at 98,344 adults. The sex composition of the escapement was 44% female and 56% male. The age composition of the escapement was 3.8% age 3₁, 92.3% age 4₁, 3.3% age 5₁, 0.5% age 6₁ and 0.1 % age 5₂"--Abstract, page viii.

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Department/Agency
  • Canada. Department of Fisheries and Oceans, issuing body.
  • Canada. Department of Fisheries and Oceans. Pacific Region. Science Branch, issuing body.
TitleEstimation of the 1994 Harrison River chinook salmon escapement / by M.K. Farwell, L.W. Kalnin and A.G. Lotto.
Series title
  • Canadian manuscript report of fisheries and aquatic sciences, 0706-6473 ; 2379
Publication typeMonograph - View Master Record
Language[English]
FormatDigital text
Electronic document
Note(s)
  • Digitized edition from print [produced by Department of Fisheries and Oceans].
  • Includes bibliographical references (page 16).
  • Includes abstracts in English and French.
Publishing information
  • New Westminster, British Columbia : Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Science Branch, Pacific Region, 1996.
  • ©1996
Author / Contributor
  • Farwell, M. K., author.
Description1 online resource (viii, 29 pages) : illustrations, maps.
Catalogue number
  • Fs97-4/2379E-PDF
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