First records of sockeye (Oncorhynchus nerka) and pink salmon (O-gorbuscha) from Banks Island and other records of Pacific salmon in Northwest Territories, Canada
Ja. Babaluk et al., First records of sockeye (Oncorhynchus nerka) and pink salmon (O-gorbuscha) from Banks Island and other records of Pacific salmon in Northwest Territories, Canada, ARCTIC, 53(2), 2000, pp. 161-164
Eight sexually mature sockeye (Oncorhynchus nerka) and one sexually mature
pink salmon (O. gorbuscha) were captured in the subsistence fishery in the
Sachs River estuary at Sachs Harbour, Banks Island, Northwest Territories (
NT) in August 1993. We also report a first record for coho salmon (O. kisut
ch) in Great Bear Lake, NT. These capture locations are well outside the kn
own distributions for the species. A pink salmon captured in the West Chann
el, Mackenzie River near Aklavik, NT, and a chum salmon (O. keta) from Cach
e Creek, NT, also represent new capture locations within the distribution o
f the species.