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Have questions?  Please contact:
Karen Dunmall
info@arcticsalmon.ca
204-984-2522

Karen Dunmall is a PhD student at the University of Manitoba and lead researcher on the Arctic Salmon project.  She developed this website as a tool to help distribute information about salmon in the Arctic.
Salmon Research in the Canadian Arctic

Salmon are being caught in the Canadian Arctic. The number of salmon being caught and the number of places where they are found seem to be increasing.  Karen, a PhD student at the University of Manitoba, is working in collaboration with Fisheries and Oceans Canada to study these salmon and identify what this colonization might indicate about the arctic ecosystem and how the presence of salmon may affect native fish species in the Mackenzie River and tributaries.

Latest Progress

  • 2013 Salmon Update Although only 11 salmon were traded in for gift card rewards in 2013, documenting this low number of salmon in the Canadian Arctic is as useful as keeping track of the years with lots of salmon. In this way, we are putting some numbers around the local knowledge of years of higher salmon abundances, followed by years of lower abundances. Here is a summary of what happened in 2013:Ten of the salmon traded in this year were chum salmon and one was a Chinook salmon. No pink salmon were traded in, and there were no reports of pink salmon being caught in the Canadian Arctic.The salmon started being harvested earlier in the season (end of August) than in ...
    Posted Feb 2, 2014, 9:38 AM by Karen Dunmall
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On Media

  • NWT News/North Karen was interviewed for NWT News/North newspaper about the salmon research in the Northwest Territories. The story also includes a community perspective about the salmon research and explains how ...
    Posted Sep 23, 2013, 5:04 PM by Karen Dunmall
  • Radio Interviews Karen was interviewed on CBC Radio One in Yellowknife and for CKLB Radio in the NWT about the salmon research. We are trying to get clips of the interview and ...
    Posted Sep 23, 2013, 4:58 PM by Karen Dunmall
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