First records of sockeye (Oncorhynchus nerka) and pink salmon (O-gorbuscha) from Banks Island and other records of Pacific salmon in Northwest Territories, Canada

Authors
Babaluk, JA Reist, JD Johnson, JD Johnson, L
Citation
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
Citations number
21
Categorie Soggetti
Multidisciplinary
Journal title
ARCTIC
ISSN journal
00040843 → ACNP
Volume
53
Issue
2
Year of publication
2000
Pages
161 - 164
Database
ISI
SICI code
0004-0843(200006)53:2<161:FROS(N>2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
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.