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Atlas of Pacific Salmon: Coho Distribution

Wild salmon inhabit a vast ecosystem that encompasses the rivers within and the ocean between coastal countries of the Pacific Rim. But within the past century and a half, many populations have declined in abundance and diversity; without the big picture, we haven’t been able to understand or quantify these losses in Pacific salmon populations. Until now.

Average change in runoff due to climate change.
Average change in runoff due to climate change. Click to view larger image.

In Atlas of Pacific Salmon: The First Map-based Status Assessment of Salmon in the North Pacific author Xanthippe Augerot and colleagues use a common yardstick to measure distribution and risk of extinction for Pacific salmon at a consistent scale across the North Pacific. The Atlas, using more than four dozen maps, presents a never-before-seen, pan-Pacific perspective on the status of this genus.

A State of the Salmon Publication. Species distribution shape files available here.

Please email info@www.wildsalmoncenter.org for larger versions of the maps, or with any questions.

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