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pl23_fish6591.jpg

1980's graphic showing the extent of driftnet fisheries on the high seas of theNorth Pacific Ocean

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Description

1980's graphic showing the extent of driftnet fisheries on the high seas of theNorth Pacific Ocean. This fishery indiscrimately caught numerous speciescontributed to the loss of salmon stock in the Pacific Northwest.

Credit

NMFS/Northwest Fisheries Science Center; Pacific Northwest Collection

Display Date

1986 ca.

Collection

Historic Fisheries

Keywords

Historic Fisheries

Salmon