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Respect and Responsibility in Pacific Coast Indigenous Nations pp 13–37Cite as

Looking to the Sea: Economics and Ecology in the Pacific Northwest

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The most basic and important resources in the Northwest Coast are aquatic, especially sea mammals, marine fish, and sea-running (anadromous) fish. The several species of salmon and sea-running trout are the most famous of these, defining the region in many views. Many less-known resources were highly important and are described here, since they tend to be neglected in much of the literature.

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Anderson, E.N., Pierotti, R. (2022). Looking to the Sea: Economics and Ecology in the Pacific Northwest. In: Respect and Responsibility in Pacific Coast Indigenous Nations. Studies in Human Ecology and Adaptation, vol 13. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-15586-4_2

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