Description
Kristine D. Lynch, Michael L. Jones, and William W. Taylor, editors
413 pages
Published by American Fisheries Society, November 2002
doi: https://doi.org/10.47886/9781888569254
Summary
U.S. and Canadian fisheries professionals from multiple disciplines examine the history, current knowledge, and research needs of fisheries stakeholders, managers, and policy makers regarding salmon ecology, policy, and management in North America. The book offers a greater understanding of the complexity and repercussions of salmon management, currently a controversial issue between Canada and the United States. Information needs from a biological, social, and economic perspectives are identified, enabling managers and policy makers to develop an action agenda to acquire and utilize this information. This excellent reference for the management of salmon presents a synthesis of the history, ecology, sociology, economics, politics/institutions, and the future of one of the mosteconomically and culturally significant fishes in America.
Table of Contents
Preface
Symbols and Abbreviations
Part I Atlantic Salmon
Emerging Science and Management Issues with Atlantic Salmon Kevin D. Friedland
Part II Great Lakes Salmon
History of the Great Lakes Salmon Fishery: a Michigan Perspective Howard A. Tanner and Wayne H. Tody
The Many Faces of Salmon: Implications of Stakeholder Diversity in the Great Lakes Barbara A. Knuth
The Future of Pacific Salmon in the Great Lakes Chris I. Goddard
Part III Pacific Salmon
History of the Salmon Fisheries of the Pacific Northwest Coast Terry Glavin
Challenges and Opportunities for the Future of Pacific Salmon Management Jim Martin
Summary