Alaska Salmon Fishery Re-Enters Assessment for Third Certification
date:Jul 10, 2012
ludes Chinook (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha), Chum (O. keta), Coho (O. kisutch), Pink (O. gorbuscha) and Sockeye (O. nerka) salmon and is managed in 15 geographical management units by the Alaska Department of Fish and Game and the US-Canada Pacific Salmon Commission, under the US Canadian Pacific Salmon Treaty.

Salmon are harvested by purse seine, drift and set gillnet, and by trolling and fish wheel; the latter operates like a water-powered mill wheel and includes baskets to catch fish. The annua
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