The Steamer Albatross and Early Pacific Salmon, Oncorhynchus spp., Research in Alaska

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Type:	Journal Article
Author:	Roppel, Patricia
Journal:	Marine Fisheries Review
Volume:	66
Page(s):	21-31
Date:	2004
URI:	https://hdl.handle.net/10535/6988
Sector:	Fisheries
Region:	North America
Subject(s):	fisheries salmon overexploitation
Abstract:	"The U.S. Fish Commission Steamer Albatross made its first cruise to Alaska in 1888 primarily to research the Pacific cod, Gadus macrocephalus; however, Pacific salmon Oncorhynchus spp.,was also to be studied, if time permitted. In 1889, concern for salmon overharvesting prompted Congress to authorize an investi- gation into the habits, abundance, and distribution of Alaska’s salmon, and in 1890 the Albatross returned to Alaska. Over the next 20+ years the Albatross made many other productive and pioneering research voyages to Alaska, the last in 1914."

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