Interannual Dynamics of Abundance of Pink and Chum Salmon Juveniles and their Average Body Size in the Sea of Okhotsk in 1998–2017

Abstract Excerpt:
In the early 2000s, there were notable changes in the climate and oceanography in the Far Eastern seas, which were reflected in biotic changes (Shuntov 2016). A gradual decrease in the ice cover was observed in the Sea of Okhotsk (Ustinova and Sorokin 2013). From 2006–2017, the ice cover of the Sea of Okhotsk was minimal for the last 60 years (Fig.1).