Selective action of gillnets on sockeye (Oncorhynchus nerka) and pink salmon (O. gorbuscha) stocks of the Skeena River system, British Columbia
Exploitation of Skeena River sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) has been conducted almost solely by drift gillnets since inception of the commercial fishery in 1877. Selective action of gillnets is a factor which may have contributed to a long term decline in sockeye production and to other feature...
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University of British Columbia
2011
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2429/35272 |