Summary
Reported incidence of net-marked coho and chinook salmon in troll fishery catches off southeastern Alaska has raised concern in the United States that one or more high seas driftnet fisheries may be intercepting salmon retuning to the U.S. and Canadian west coast. Enquiry by U.S. scientists revealed that there are recently developed high seas driftnet fisheries operated by Japanese fishermen and directed toward catching squid and albacore in convention waters. The purpose of this document is to provide preliminary examinations of data pertinent to evaluating the adequacy of the monthly northern limits of the squid driftnet fishery as a means of protecting salmon.
