Survival of reared and wild Atlantic salmon smolts: size matters more in bad years

• Published in: ICES Journal of Marine Science
• Main Authors: Saloniemi, I., Jokikokko, E., Kallio-Nyberg, I., Jutila, E., Pasanen, P.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford University Press (OUP) 2004
• Subjects: Simojoki; Atlantic salmon
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.icesjms.2004.03.032; http://academic.oup.com/icesjms/article-pdf/61/5/782/29121801/61-5-782.pdf

Abstract We compared the marine survival of Carlin-tagged wild and hatchery-reared Atlantic salmon smolts of the Simojoki river, northern Baltic Sea. All the reared and released smolts were the offspring of native spawners returning to the river. Reared smolts were adipose-fin-clipped and released f...