The Southeastern Alaska Salmon Industry: Historical Overview and Current Status
Salmon have shaped life in Southeastern Alaska for millennia. This overview explores Indigenous fisheries, historic industry shifts, ecological significance, and the modern status of the region’s salmon fishery.
Subject Tags
- Fisheries
- Ecosystem management
Summary
Salmon have sustained Indigenous cultures and driven industry in Southeastern Alaska for thousands of years. This chapter traces the history of Native and Russian fisheries, federal and state management, stock restoration, and the modern sustainable salmon industry, highlighting the species’ vital ecological role.
Citation
Sisk, J. (2007). The southeastern Alaska timber industry: Historical overview and current status. The Coastal Forests and Mountains Ecoregion of Southeastern Alaska and the Tongass National Forest: A Conservation Assessment and Resource Synthesis. http://courses. washington. edu/env450b/pdfs/SchoenandDovichin_Ch9, 6.