Reduced migratory performance of farmed Atlantic salmon post-smolts from a simulated escape during autumn

• Published in: Aquaculture Environment Interactions
• Main Author: Skilbrei, Ove
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Inter Research 2010
• Subjects: atlantic salmon; atlantisk laks; migration patterns; vandringsmønster; farmed fish; oppdrettsfisk; recapture; gjenfangst; VDP::Agriculture and fishery disciplines: 900::Fisheries science: 920::Aquaculture: 922; Long Fjord; Atlantic salmon; Salmo salar
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11250/108515; https://doi.org/10.3354/aei00013

Escape of migratory finfish species from fish farms, such as Atlantic salmon Salmo salar L., offer a challenge when considering the environmental risks of cage culture. The migratory behaviour of groups of cultured salmon smolts and postsmolts after a simulated escape was studied in a small fjord fr...