Food security and conservation of Yukon River Salmon: Are we asking too much of the Yukon river?

Sustainability

Volumn 2, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 2965-2987

  Loring, Philip A ^a   Gerlach, Craig ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecosystem based management; Escapement; Food security; Pacific salmon treaty; Salmon; Yukon River

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858163351     PISSN: 20711050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su2092965     Document Type: Article

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