Atlantic Salmon ( Salmo salar ) Taken in the Sea in North Labrador

• Published in: Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada
• Main Authors: Power, G., Cressman, Douglas
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1975
• Subjects: General Medicine; Nain; Atlantic salmon; Northwest Atlantic; Salmo salar
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/f75-033; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/f75-033

Scale analysis showed that with few exceptions salmon taken near the northern extremity of Labrador were similar to stocks from Ungava rivers; those taken near Nain were probably of local origin. Knowledge of the distribution of local stocks of salmon in the sea contributes to our understanding of their migrations and is valuable in view of the recent development of commercial fisheries for this species in the northwest Atlantic.