North Pacific Anadromous Fish Commission

Technical Report 11

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The Use of Marine Ecosystem Metrics for Preseason Forecasts of Salmon Harvest

Authors:
Andrew Gray, Jim Murphy, Emily Fergusson, Jordan Watson, Edward Farley, and Kathrine Howard

Abstract Excerpt:
Annual forecasts of pink salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) harvest in Southeast Alaska (SEAK) and Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) returns to the Yukon River were developed to advise fishery managers, members of fishing industries, and the public. Although the forecasts were developed independently for different species and widely separated geographic localities (Fig. 1), the projects illustrate the utility of using marine ecosystem metrics for forecasting future harvests of salmon and how to effectively communicate results and uncertainty to stakeholders.

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DOI:
https://doi.org/10.23849/npafctr11/119.121

Citation

Gray, A., J. Murphy, E. Fergusson, J. Watson, E. Farley, K. Howard.  2018.  The use of marine ecosystem metrics for preseason forecasts of salmon harvest.  N. Pac. Anadr. Fish Comm. Tech. Rep. 11: 119–121.  https://doi.org/10.23849/npafctr11/119.121