Overview

Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) are distributed across the basin of the North Atlantic Ocean from the Arctic Circle to Portugal in the eastern Atlantic, from Iceland and southern Greenland, and from the Ungava region of northern Quebec south to the Connecticut River. Part of their life cycle occurs in saltwater and part in freshwater. Atlantic salmon were eliminated from most of their native range in the northeastern United States and Canada, but restocking efforts have re-established them in many watersheds.  July 2010 ... Salmon

Marketing

• Aquaculture, Economic Research Service (ERS), USDA.
• Aquaculture Data, ERS, USDA, 2008.
• Aquaculture Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) - Fisheries market news and statistic summaries (aquaculture results by catch, available grants, new marine product food safety guidelines, endangered natural stocks, export guidelines for shipments to the European Union, links and addresses of many National Marine Fisheries Support Offices and other information.
• Can Quality Revitalize the Alaskan Salmon Industry?, Center for Agricultural and Rural Development, Iowa State University, 2004 - Declining salmon prices, due primarily to expansion of farmed salmon production, have reduced revenues for Alaska’s wild salmon fisheries by roughly 62 percent over the past 10 years. One possibility for reversing this trend is to differentiate wild and farmed salmon in consumer markets through quality improvements and marketing.
• Census of Aquaculture (2005), USDA, 2006.
• Fisheries Off West Coast States and in the Western Pacific; West Coast Salmon Fisheries; 2008 Management Measures and a Temporary Rule, NMFS, NOAA, Department of Commerce, 2008 - NMFS established fishery management measures for the 2008 ocean salmon fisheries off Washington, Oregon, California and the 2009 salmon seasons.
• Global Aquaculture Production, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), United Nations (UN), 2007.
• Import and Exports of Fishery Products: Annual Summary, Fisheries Statistics Division, NMFS, 2008.
• Klamath Salmon... Or Whose Water Is It?, Market to Market, Iowa Public Television, 2008 - Those who rely on the dwindling salmon populations for their income are facing what might be called a "perfect storm" of environmental, economic and political challenges.
• Salmon Fisheries in Alaska, Alaska Department of Fish and Game - Site includes permit information, overviews of state production and related information.
  

Production

• Aquatic Network - Aquaculture topics, educational information, publications and products and services listing.
• Atlantic Salmon, Fisheries and Aquaculture Department, FAO, UN, 2004.
• Farmed Salmon, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Ottawa, Ontario.
• Global Agricultural Trade System (GATS), Foreign Ag Service (FAS), USDA, 2009.
• Salmon, Commodity Update, Globefish, 2007.
• Salmon, Science and Sustainability, Market to Market, Iowa Public Television, 2008 - DNA research could help to eventually increase salmon populations.
• Salmon Market Report, Globefish, FAO, UN, 2009.
• Study: Modern Hatcheries Aid Wild Salmon, Conservation Biology, 2006 - A group led by an Oregon State University geneticist cautions that relying on hatcheries to sustain salmon runs is likely to fail in the long run without restoration of river habitats.

Links checked August 2010.