Distinguishing between resident and migrating Atlantic salmon ( Salmo salar ) stocks by genetic stock composition analysis

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
• Main Author: Koljonen, Marja-Liisa
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1995
• Subjects: Aquatic Science; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Neva; Simojoki; Tornionjoki; Atlantic salmon; Salmo salar
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/f95-067; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/f95-067

The possibility of using the genetic stock identification (GSI) method to distinguish between individual Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) stocks and stock groups in Finnish catches was studied. In the Baltic Sea, the Atlantic salmon is a target of a mixed-stock fishery, and information about stock comp...