Predation on salmon smolts, Salmo salar L., in the estuary of the River Surna, Norway

• Published in: Journal of Fish Biology
• Main Authors: Hvidsten, N. A., Møkkelgjerd, P. I.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 1987
• Subjects: Norway; Surna; Gadus morhua; Salmo salar
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8649.1987.tb05752.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1095-8649.1987.tb05752.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1095-8649.1987.tb05752.x

The post‐smolt stage of salmon, Salmo salar L., is subject to heavy mortality in Norway. Each year 35 000 hatchery‐reared smolts are stocked in the River Surna. Smolt stocking at sea and in the fjord resulted in recovery rates of adult salmon which were up to three times better than those resulting...