Human activities are not random in their negative and positive impacts on biotas. Emerging
evidence shows that most species are declining as a result of human activities ('losers') and …

The historical, political and scientific aspects of salmon hatchery programmes designed to
enhance fishery production, or to recover endangered populations, are reviewed. We start …

In the Pacific Northwest, there are currently 18 evolutionarily significant units (ESUs) or
distinct population segments (DPSes) of Pacific salmon and steelhead listed as threatened …

Few subjects have generated as much emotional dialogue around conflicting scientific and
policy agendas as the protection and management of Pacific salmon resources. In this major …

During the 1990s, the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS or NOAA Fisheries Service)
conducted a series of reviews of the status of West Coast populations of Pacific salmon and …

Numerical abundance and biomass values presented here for Pink Salmon Oncorhynchus
gorbuscha, Chum Salmon O. keta, and Sockeye Salmon O. nerka in the North Pacific Ocean …

The Northwest Fisheries Science Center of the National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA,
uses the NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-NWFSC series to issue scientific and …

This paper explores the relationship between traditional fisheries, fisheries enhancement
(ranching), and aquaculture. It evaluates why they are different and why fisheries …

Background On 2 May 2001, the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) received a
petition from the Center for Biological Diversity and 10 co-petitioners requesting that …

The goal of the Willamette-Lower Columbia Technical Recovery Team (WLC-TRT) is to
identify historical and extant independent populations of salmonids in listed evolutionarily …