Mark Documents

The NPAFC maintains a significant collection of technical papers regarding anadromous fisheries in the North Pacific Ocean. They are cataloged by publication year.

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The following papers are particularly relevant to salmon marking efforts:

Doc.#	Origin	Title	Author	Organization	Date
971	USA	Revised Web-based North Pacific Salmon Otolith Mark Directory	W. Johnson R. Josephson T. Frawley D. Oxman	ADF&G	Oct 2006
778	USA	Protocols to Facilitate Exchange of Data Among the NPAFC Working Group on Salmon Marking	B. Agler D. Oxman T. Frawley	ADF&G	Sep 2004
649	USA	Proposed Internet Accessible Website for the Otolith Mark Database of the NPAFC Working Group on Salmon Marking	B. Agler P. Hagen	ADF&G NMFS, Auke Bay	Oct 2002
577	Canada Japan Russia USA	CSRS Working Group on Salmon Marking Draft Report on the Development of Internet Accessible Otolith Mark Database		Working Group on Salmon Marking	Oct 2001
566	USA	Thermal Mark Patterns Applied to Salmon from Alaska, Washington, Treaty Tribes and Other Northwest States for Brood Year 2000	P. Hagen J. Scott E. Volk	ADF&G WA, Dept. Fish & Wildlife	Oct 2001
463	U.S.A.	Preliminary Thermal Marks Applied to Salmon from Alaska and Oregon for Brood Year 2000 and some Proposed Marks for Brood Year 2001	P. Hagen H. Geiger E. Volk J. Grimm	ADF&G WA, Dept. of Fish & Wildlife	Mar 2000
396	U.S.A.	Discrimination of Multi-Country Thermal Mark Codes by Augmentation of Coding Schemes or Marking Mechanisms	K. Munk	ADF&G, Juneau	Mar 1999
367	U.S.A.	Thermal Marking of Otoliths: The "RBr" Coding Structure of Thermal Marks	K. Munk H. Geiger	ADF&G, Juneau	Oct 1998

The following technical report is also germane