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The Selective Action of Gillnets on Sockeye and Pink Salmon Stocks
The purpose of this study is to determine selective properties of nylon gillnet presently utilized in the Skeena river gillnet fishery, to relate selective properties and... -
The Age, Size, and Sex Composition of Sockeye in the Escapements to...
For many years, estimates of the abundance of the spawning stock of sockeye salmon to Lakelse Lake have been made and recorded in the Confidential Annual Reports of the... -
Comparison of the Fecundity of Sockeye Salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) in the...
Skeena River sockeye salmon are caught by the fishery mainly with gillnets. It is generally recognized that gillnets are selective for size. Foskett (1958) compared the size of... -
Application of Microsatellite DNA Variation to Estimation of Stock...
Microsatellite loci can be used to estimate spawning escapements of individual Pacific salmon populations returning to remote spawning locations throughout large river systems... -
Upper Skeena Chinook Stocks: Evaluation of the Bear-Sustut, Morice, and...
The chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) escapements to the Skeena River have declined from 1950 to 1973 (Figure 1). In 1973, restrictions on sport and commercial fisheries... -
Age and Physical Characteristics of Maturing Chinook Salmon of the Nass,...
During the last several years the Department of Fisheries of Canada has conducted "test-fishing" operations on the Nass, Skeena and Fraser rivers in order to obtain information...