Scale growth data for analysis in Vollset et al. 2021

• Main Authors: Urdal, Kurt, Østborg, Gunnel M., Vollset, Knut Wiik, Utne, Kjell, Thorstad, Eva, Sægrov, Harald, Raunsgård, Astrid, Sagseth, Øystein, Lennox, Rober James, Ugedal, Ola, Jensen, Arne J., Bolstad, Geir H., Fiske, Peder
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: Zenodo 2021
• Subjects: Norway; Grieg; Orkla; Atlantic salmon; North Norway
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5785711; https://zenodo.org/record/5785711

Scale samples of adult Atlantic salmon were compiled from 180 rivers in Norway, which comprise almost half of all Atlantic salmon rivers in Norway, during 1989-2016. The scales were collected by anglers when sport fishing in the various rivers. The back-calculation of fish length is based on the lin...