Upstream and Downstream Dispersal Behavior of Hard‐ and Soft‐Released Juvenile Atlantic Salmon

• Published in: North American Journal of Fisheries Management
• Main Authors: Mokdad, A. I., Garner, S. R., Neff, B. D., Pitcher, T. E.
• Other Authors: Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2022
• Subjects: Ajax; Canada; Atlantic salmon; Salmo salar
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/nafm.10759; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/nafm.10759; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full-xml/10.1002/nafm.10759; https://afspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/nafm.10759

Abstract Failure of reintroduction efforts of extirpated populations is thought to be linked to maladaptive behaviors exhibited by captive‐bred individuals in the environment where they are released. Soft‐release conditioning tactics attempt to reduce maladaptive behaviors by providing reintroduced...