Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Introduction: Cultivating Capture Fisheries: Lessons from Salmon Culturing and Cultures / Courtland L. Smith -- 2. Oil Company, the Fish, and the Nivkhi: The Cultural Value of Sakhalin Salmon / Emma Wilson -- 3. Shades of Deep Salmon: Fish, Fishing, and Itelmen Cultural History / David Koester -- 4. Koryak Salmon Fishery: Remembrances of the Past, Perspectives for the Future / Erich Kasten -- 5. Indigenous Peoples' Traditional Fishing in Kamchatka and Local Community Development Concept Based on Sustainable Use of Fish Resources: Problems and Solutions / Victoria N. Sharakhmatova -- 6. Deprivations amid Abundance: The Role of Salmon and "Other Natural Resources" in Sustaining Indigenous Aleut Communities / Katherine Reedy-Maschner -- 7. Enduring Ties: Salmon and the Alutiiq/Sugpiaq Peoples of the Kodiak Archipelago, Alaska / Courtney Carothers -- 8. Disturbed Environment: The Indigenous Cultivation of Salmon / Charles R. Menzies -- 9. "Salmon and His People": Encounters with Global Capitalism / Benedict J. Colombi -- 10. Columbia River Tribal Fisheries: Life History Stages of a Co-management Institution / Sibyl Diver -- 11. Conclusion: Salmon Trajectories along the North Pacific Rim: Diversity, Exchange, and Human--Animal Relations / Marianne Elisabeth Lien.