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Contribution of Puget Sound Coho Salmon, Oncorhynchus kisutch, to the 1953 Pacific Coast Commercial Troll Fishery
Author(s) -
Allen George H.
Publication year - 1967
Publication title -
transactions of the american fisheries society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.696
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 1548-8659
pISSN - 0002-8487
DOI - 10.1577/1548-8659(1967)96[42:copscs]2.0.co;2
Subject(s) - oncorhynchus , sound (geography) , fishery , fish <actinopterygii> , sound production , streams , environmental science , geography , oceanography , biology , geology , computer network , physics , acoustics , computer science
Contribution of coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) produced by river systems entering Puget Sound, Washington, to the commercial troll fishery off the coasts of Washington and Vancouver Island in 1953 was estimated using the recoveries of fin‐marked salmon. A commercial fishery in Puget Sound was used as a sampling tool. The production area was defined by the percentage exploitation by the Puget Sound fishery of runs of coho salmon to river systems in the Puget Sound area. Puget Sound streams as defined produced about 9% of the coho troll fishery catch off Washington and Vancouver Island in 1953. Major limitation of this study was the degree of accuracy in defining the production area.