Upstream: Salmon and Society in the Pacific Northwest

by National Research Council, Commission on Life Sciences, Committee on Protection and Management of Pacific Northwest Anadromous Salmonids, et al.

Book Overview

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.

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309053250
• ISBN13: 9780309053259
• Release Date: August 1996
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 472 Pages
• Weight: 2.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.3" x 9.3"