The migrations of salmon (Salmo salar L.) from three rivers entering the Severn estuary
Over a 7-year period more than 50 000 smolts were tagged in the Rivers Usk, Wye, and Severn. A total of 228 of these fish was subsequently recaptured: 19 were taken at West Greenland; 3 were taken in British waters away from the Bristol Channel; and a further 100 fish were taken in tidal waters in t...
| Published in: | ICES Journal of Marine Science |
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| Format: | Text |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
1982
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| Online Access: | http://icesjms.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/40/1/76 https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/40.1.76 |
| Summary: | Over a 7-year period more than 50 000 smolts were tagged in the Rivers Usk, Wye, and Severn. A total of 228 of these fish was subsequently recaptured: 19 were taken at West Greenland; 3 were taken in British waters away from the Bristol Channel; and a further 100 fish were taken in tidal waters in the Severn estuary and Bristol Channel area. Of the remaining 106 salmon recaptured above tidal limits in home waters, 97 (92 %) were in their parent rivers, while 9 (8 %) had strayed to the freshwater reaches of other rivers. |
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