High incidence of hatchery origin Atlantic salmon in the smolt output of a Canadian river
The origin of Atlantic salmon (Sulmo s&r) in the smolt migration from the Magaguadavic River, New Brunswick, was examined to assess the importance of losses of juveniles from hatcheries and the potential impact on the wild stock. Three hatcheries that produce over two million smolts annually for...
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ftciteseerx:oai:CiteSeerX.psu:10.1.1.493.4312 2023-05-15T15:30:51+02:00 High incidence of hatchery origin Atlantic salmon in the smolt output of a Canadian river M. J. Stokesbury G. L. Lacroix /p The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives 1997 application/pdf http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.493.4312 http://www.fmap.ca/ramweb/papers-total/Stokesbury_Lacroix_1997.pdf en eng http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.493.4312 http://www.fmap.ca/ramweb/papers-total/Stokesbury_Lacroix_1997.pdf Metadata may be used without restrictions as long as the oai identifier remains attached to it. http://www.fmap.ca/ramweb/papers-total/Stokesbury_Lacroix_1997.pdf Key words Atlantic salmon discriminant function analysis escaped cultured salmon hatcheries Sulmo salur scales and growth smolt origin text 1997 ftciteseerx 2016-01-08T08:38:29Z The origin of Atlantic salmon (Sulmo s&r) in the smolt migration from the Magaguadavic River, New Brunswick, was examined to assess the importance of losses of juveniles from hatcheries and the potential impact on the wild stock. Three hatcheries that produce over two million smolts annually for the aquaculture industry are located along the river. Smolts were sampled at the mouth of the river over a l-month period. Two methods were used to determine their origin: (1) external appearance of fins and size at a given age, and (2) a discriminant function analysis comparing number of circuli in the first year on scales and back-calculated length at age 1 to those of fish of known wild and hatchery origins. The two methods indicated that 23.439.6 % of smolts were of wild origin, 9.4 % were hatchery releases, and 51.0-67.2 % were juvenile escapees. The fin and size method predicted that more smolts in the run were of escaped hatchery origin than classified by the discriminant function analysis. Many of these were large l-year-old smelts. Smolts of hatchery origin were significantly larger than wild smolts and could benefit from increased early marine survival. This study indicates that the potential impact of juvenile salmon that escape or are accidentally released in rivers has probably been underestimated. Text Atlantic salmon Unknown |
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The origin of Atlantic salmon (Sulmo s&r) in the smolt migration from the Magaguadavic River, New Brunswick, was examined to assess the importance of losses of juveniles from hatcheries and the potential impact on the wild stock. Three hatcheries that produce over two million smolts annually for the aquaculture industry are located along the river. Smolts were sampled at the mouth of the river over a l-month period. Two methods were used to determine their origin: (1) external appearance of fins and size at a given age, and (2) a discriminant function analysis comparing number of circuli in the first year on scales and back-calculated length at age 1 to those of fish of known wild and hatchery origins. The two methods indicated that 23.439.6 % of smolts were of wild origin, 9.4 % were hatchery releases, and 51.0-67.2 % were juvenile escapees. The fin and size method predicted that more smolts in the run were of escaped hatchery origin than classified by the discriminant function analysis. Many of these were large l-year-old smelts. Smolts of hatchery origin were significantly larger than wild smolts and could benefit from increased early marine survival. This study indicates that the potential impact of juvenile salmon that escape or are accidentally released in rivers has probably been underestimated. |
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High incidence of hatchery origin Atlantic salmon in the smolt output of a Canadian river |
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High incidence of hatchery origin Atlantic salmon in the smolt output of a Canadian river |
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