Ecological Interactions Between Wild and Hatchery Salmonids

by Rand, Peter S.; Berejikian, Barry A.; Pearsons, Todd N.; Noakes, David L. G.

• ISBN13: 9789400756922
• ISBN10: 9400756925
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2012-10-29
• Publisher: Springer Nature

Summary

While there has been a long history of salmon hatchery operations throughout the North Pacific, only recently have we begun to investigate how hatchery salmon interact with their wild counterparts. This volume represents our latest understanding of the scale and magnitude of effects of hatcheries on wild salmon populations, and begins to lay the groundwork for precautionary fisheries management to ensure that wild salmon are conserved. Research on hatchery and wild salmonid interactions is increasing exponentially and this bookprovides a synthesis of what researchers believe today. Of greatest importance is that it showshow little we know. Mart Gross, University of Toronto, CanadaWild and hatchery salmon interactions are key to understanding human impacts on the NorthPacific ecosystem. This publication represents an important step in understanding both thebenefits and the risks. Vladimir Radchenko, Pacific Scientific Research Fisheries Center, TINROCenter, RussiaThrough careful case histories, creative manipulative experiments, and impressive quantitativemodeling, scientists and managers have come together to publish this touchstone work, worksimply indispensable to our continuing efforts to bring the salmon back. Roy Stein, Ohio StateUniversity, USAThis book will become required reading for scientists and managers around the world dedicated tothe conservation of wild salmon. Hideaki Kudo, Hokkaido University, Japan