Passing a seawater challenge test is not indicative of hatchery‐reared Atlantic salmon Salmo salar smolts performing as well at sea as their naturally produced conspecifics

• Published in: Journal of Fish Biology
• Main Authors: Jensen, A. J., Berg, M., Bremset, G., Finstad, B., Hvidsten, N. A., Jensås, J. G., Johnsen, B. O., Lund, E.
• Other Authors: Statkraft Energi AS, Norwegian Institute for Nature Research
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2016
• Subjects: Atlantic salmon; Salmo salar
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jfb.12984; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fjfb.12984; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/jfb.12984

Despite satisfactory reactions to seawater challenge tests indicative of appropriate physiological state, hatchery‐reared Atlantic salmon Salmo salar smolts stocked in the Eira River in Norway between 2001 and 2011 performed less well at sea in terms of growth, age at maturity and survival than smol...