Developing a Research and Restoration Plan for Arctic-Yukon-Kuskokwim (Western Alaska) Salmon

by National Research Council, Committee on Review of Arctic-Yukon-Kusk, Division on Earth and Life Studies, et al.

Recent declines in the abundance of salmon in the Arctic-Yukon-Kuskokwim (AYK) region of western Alaska have created hardships for the people and communities who depend on this resource. In 2002, the AYK Sustainable Salmon Initiative (SSI) was created to undertake research to understand the reasons for this decline and to help support sustainable management in the region. This report makes recommendations for developing the research that the AYK SSI...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309093007
• ISBN13: 9780309093002
• Release Date: July 2005
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.86 lbs.