The Commercial Harvest of Salmon in British Columbia 1820-1877

This report reviews archival data on the earliest harvest of Pacific salmon in British Columbia by Europeans, first considering subsistence and export production by the Hudson's Bay Company and then the export production by the private entrepreneurs during the first years of the independent commercial fishery.

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Fisheries and Oceans Canada Pacific Region

The Fisheries and Oceans Pacific Region includes the province of British Columbia and the transboundary northern rivers of the Yukon. It encompasses more than 27,000 kilometres of coastline and 105 river systems. Fisheries and Oceans Canada is...

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Author Shepard, M. P. and A. W. Argue
Maintainer Fisheries and Oceans Canada Pacific Region
Last Updated July 25, 2022, 20:14 (UTC)
Created April 26, 2017, 23:05 (UTC)
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