Upstream:

Salmon and Society in the Pacific Northwest

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Size: 472 pages, 6 x 9

Publication Year:1996

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Committee on Protection and Management of Pacific Northwest Anadromous Salmonids, National Research Council
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Upstream offers specific recommendations for salmon rehabilitation that take into account the key role that genetic variability plays in salmon survival and the urgent need for habitat protection and management of fishing. The volume explores the complications and conflicts surrounding ...
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"...I highly recommend Upstream to all readers. The presentation of the problem and the authors recommendations will challenge all readers...to think of salmon as a people problem, not a fish problem." --Fisheries, American Fisheries Society

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Front Matter	i-xx
Executive Summary	1-17	(skim)
1 Introduction	18-27	(skim)
2 Salmon Geography and Ecology	28-45	(skim)
3 Human History and Influences	46-74	(skim)
4 Status of Salmon	75-114	(skim)
5 Values and Institutions	115-144	(skim)
6 Genetics and Conservation	145-163	(skim)
7 Habitat Loss	164-203	(skim)
8 Habitat Management and Rehabilitation	204-225	(skim)
9 Dams and Mitigation of Their Effects	226-253	(skim)
10 Fishing	254-274	(skim)
11 Salmon-Fishery Management Concepts	275-301	(skim)
12 Hatcheries	302-323	(skim)
13 Institutional Analysis	324-347	(skim)
14 A Scientific Advisory Board to Address the Salmon Problem	348-357	(skim)
15 Conclusions and Recommendations: Toward a Sustainable Future for Salmon	358-380	(skim)
References	381-418	(skim)
Appendixes	419-440	(skim)
Index	441-452	(skim)

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Upstream offers specific recommendations for salmon rehabilitation that take into account the key role that genetic variability plays in salmon survival and the urgent need for habitat protection and management of fishing. The volume explores the complications and conflicts surrounding the problem of declining salmon populations--presenting available data on the status of salmon populations and an illustrative case study.

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"...I highly recommend Upstream to all readers. The presentation of the problem and the authors recommendations will challenge all readers...to think of salmon as a people problem, not a fish problem." --Fisheries, American Fisheries Society

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