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Upstream: Salmon and Society in the Pacific Northwest by Committee on Protection and Management of Pacific Northwest Anadromous Salmonids, National Research Council (US) is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Upstream: Salmon and Society in the Pacific Northwest about?

The importance of salmon to the Pacific Northwest--economic, recreational, symbolic--is enormous. Generations ago, salmon were abundant from central California through Idaho, Oregon, and Washington to British Columbia and Alaska. Now they have disappeared from about 40 percent of their historical range. The decline in salmon numbers has been lamented for at least 100 years, but the issue has become more widespread and acute recently.<br> The Endangered Species Act has been invoked, federal laws have been passed, and lawsuits have been filed. More than $1 billion has been spent to improve salmon runs--and still the populations decline.<br> In this new volume a committee with diverse expertise explores the complications and conflicts surrounding the salmon problem--starting with available data on the status of salmon populations and an illustrative case study from Washington state's Willapa Bay.<br> The book offers specific recommendations for salmon rehabilitation that take into account the key role played by genetic variability in salmon survival and the urgent need for habitat protection and management of fishing.<br> The committee presents a comprehensive discussion of the salmon

Who reads Upstream: Salmon and Society in the Pacific Northwest?

Author

Committee on Protection and Management of Pacific Northwest Anadromous Salmonids, National Research Council (US)

Publisher

National Academies Press

Published

1996

Language

EN

ISBN

9780309208062

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Science, Technology, Management