The relationship between the date of river entry and the estimated spawning position of adult Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) in two major Scottish east coast rivers

• Main Authors: Laughton, R, Smith, G W
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst 1992
• Subjects: adult; Atlantic salmon; migration; monitoring; Salmo salar; salmon; Scotland; spawning; telemetry; Dee; Shearer
• Online Access: https://scholarworks.umass.edu/fishpassage_book_chapters/15

In Scotland, adult Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) enter the major east coast salmon rivers throughout most of the year (Calderwood 1922, Shearer 1990) although they spawn during a relatively short period in the autumn. Shearer (1990) shows that the timing of the return migration of adult Atlantic...