An overview of the East Greenland stock complex of Atlantic salmon ...

• Main Author: ICES
• Format: Report
• Language: unknown
• Published: ICES Advice: Recurrent Advice 2024
• Subjects: Fisheries and aquaculture; Greenland Sea ICES Ecoregion; Icelandic Waters ICES Ecoregion; Oceanic Northeast Atlantic ICES Ecoregion; Canada; Greenland; Irminger Sea; Norway; Atlantic salmon; East Greenland; Greenland Sea; Iceland; Northeast Atlantic
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.17895/ices.advice.21019924; https://ices-library.figshare.com/articles/report/An_overview_of_the_East_Greenland_stock_complex_of_Atlantic_salmon/21019924

ICES notes that very little contemporary information on Atlantic salmon off the coast of East Greenland exists, although new studies are starting to provide some insights for this area. A series of marine surveys was conducted during the late 1960s through the early 1970s. There was likely lower density of Atlantic salmon in the Irminger Sea off the east coast of Greenland (Figure 1) than in West Greenland. The biological characteristics of salmon off East Greenland were similar to those at West Greenland, suggesting that the salmon were using these two feeding areas in similar ways. There was a higher proportion of European origin salmon in the Irminger Sea (about 80%) than in West Greenland (about 30%). Tagging studies have demonstrated that salmon from the following NASCO reporting areas contribute to the landings at East Greenland: Canada, Iceland, Ireland, Norway, UK (Scotland), UK (England and Wales), UK (Northern Ireland), and the United States. The fishery off the coast of East Greenland is small, ...