Pacific Salmon & their Ecosystems

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxi

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2. Where Are We? Resources at the Brink

   1. Where Are We? Resources at the Brink

      • Deanna J. Stouder, Peter A. Bisson, Robert J. Naiman

      Pages 1-10

3. Introduction to a Complex Problem

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 11-11

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   2. Introduction to a Complex Problem

      • Curt Smitch

      Pages 13-16

   3. Old Traditions that Led to Abuses of Salmon and Their Ecosystems

      • Henry A. Regier

      Pages 17-28

   4. The Origin and Speciation of Oncorhynchus Revisited

      • J. D. McPhail

      Pages 29-38

4. Status of Pacific Northwest Salmonids

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 39-39

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   2. Pacific Salmon Status and Trends—A Coastwide Perspective

      • Willa Nehlsen

      Pages 41-50

   3. Analyzing Trends and Variability

      1. On the Nature of Data and Their Role in Salmon Conservation

         • Jay W. Nicholas

         Pages 53-60

      2. Information Requirements for Salmon Management

         • Carl Walters

         Pages 61-68

      3. Evaluating Salmon Management Institutions: The Importance of Performance Measures, Temporal Scales, and Production Cycles

         • Jim Lichatowich

         Pages 69-87

   4. Regional Trends

      1. California Salmon And Steelhead: Beyond The Crossroads

         • Terry J. Mills, Dennis R. McEwan, Mark R. Jennings

         Pages 91-111

      2. Idaho’s Salmon: Can We Count Every Last One?

         • Peter F. Hassemer, Sharon W. Kiefer, Charles E. Petrosky

         Pages 113-125

      3. Status of Wild Salmon and Steelhead Stocks in Washington State

         • Thom H. Johnson, Rich Lincoln, Gary R. Graves, Robert G. Gibbons

         Pages 127-144

      4. The Status of Salmon and Steelhead in Oregon

         • Kathryn Kostow

         Pages 145-178

      5. Status of Alaska Salmon

         • Alex C. Wertheimer

         Pages 179-197

      6. Pacific Salmon Abundance Trends in the Fraser River Watershed Compared with Other British Columbia Systems

         • T. G. Northcote, D. Y. Atagi

         Pages 199-219

   5. Factors Contributing to Stock Declines

      1. Genetic Factors Contributing to Declines of Anadromous Salmonids in the Pacific Northwest

         • Reginald R. Reisenbichler

         Pages 223-244

      2. The Role of Competition and Predation in the Decline of Pacific Salmon and Steelhead

         • Kurt L. Fresh

         Pages 245-275

      3. Degradation and Loss of Anadromous Salmonid Habitat in the Pacific Northwest

         • Stanley V. Gregory, Peter A. Bisson

         Pages 277-314

The symposium "Pacific Salmon and Their Ecosystems: Status and Future Options',' and this book resulted from initial efforts in 1992 by Robert J. Naiman and Deanna J. Stouder to examine the problem of declining Pacific salmon (Oncorhynchus spp.). Our primary goal was to determine informational gaps. As we explored different scientific sources, state, provincial, and federal agencies, as well as non-profit and fishing organizations, we found that the information existed but was not being communicated across institutional and organizational boundaries. At this juncture, we decided to create a steering committee and plan a symposium to bring together researchers, managers, and resource users. The steering committee consisted of members from state and federal agencies, non-profit organizations, and private industry (see Acknowledgments for names and affiliations). In February 1993, we met at the University of Washington in Seattle to begin planning the symposium. The steering committee spent the next four months developing the conceptual framework for the symposium and the subsequent book. Our objectives were to accomplish the following: (1) assess changes in anadromous Pacific Northwest salmonid populations, (2) examine factors responsible for those changes, and (3) identify options available to society to restore Pacific salmon in the Northwest. The symposium on Pacific Salmon was held in Seattle, Washington, January 10-12, 1994. Four hundred and thirty-five people listened to oral presentations and examined more than forty posters over two and a half days. We made a deliberate attempt to draw in speakers and attendees from outside the Pacific Northwest.

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Text derived from symposium of same name, convened in Seattle, Washington in 1994. Thirty-six papers link salmonid declines with biological, political, and social factors regulating resource management and conservation American Fisheries Society; Text derived from symposium of same name, convened in Seattle, Washington in 1994. Thirty-six papers link salmonid declines with biological, political, and social factors regulating resource management and conservation - American Fisheries Society.; ...comprehensive and thought-provoking... - Salmon Farming.

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