Effects of commercial fishing on adult Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) in a Quebec river
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https://hdl.handle.net/1912/8955Location
QuebecDOI
10.1575/1912/8955Keyword
Atlantic salmon; Fish populations; Atlantic salmon; FisheriesAbstract
Despite an absence of freshwater exploitation, the adult salmon run in
the Matamek River, Quebec, declined during 1975-1980 to <23% of the level
thought to occur there prior to 1967. Returns in 1979 and 1980 of adults
tagged as smolts were 1.0% and 0.9%, respectively. Numbers of emigrating
smolts and their corresponding adult returns are not significantly correlated,
although we observed a trend towards more salmon (2 sea year fish)
returning with larger numbers of migrating smolts. Since 1967 there is
noted a decrease in the age at which returning adults smolted and females
appear to now constitute a larger percentage of returning grilse and
salmon. These, and other changes in life history characteristics, appear
to be caused solely by commercial exploitation.
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Whoriskey, F. G., & Naiman, R. J. (1982). Effects of commercial fishing on adult Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) in a Quebec river. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. https://doi.org/10.1575/1912/8955Related items
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