Status of Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar L.) in Gander River, Notre Dame Bay (SFA 4), Newfoundland, 1999 / M. F. O'Connell, A. Walsh and N.M. Cochrane.
TITLE:
Status of Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar L.) in Gander River, Notre Dame Bay (SFA 4), Newfoundland, 1999 / M. F. O'Connell, A. Walsh and N.M. Cochrane.
By:
Publication Date:
2000
Publication Information:
Ottawa, Ont. : Fisheries and Oceans,
Volume:
2000/040
Physical Description:
58 P. ill.,maps.
Summary:
The status of Atlantic salmon in Gander River in 1998 was determined using counts of small & large salmon from a counting fence located on the main stem just above head of tide, recreational fishery data, and biological characteristics information. This paper presents & discusses the results of this assessment in the seventh year of the commercial salmon fishery moratorium. The information collected is used to calculate total river returns & egg deposition, and stock status is evaluated against a conservation egg requirement (calculated in terms of fluvial & lacustrine habitats) derived for the Gander River. Other information in this paper includes life history characteristics for large salmon sampled in the river since 1978, water temperature & water level data since 1989, results of an examination of the impact of counting fence operations on the timing & availability of fish to anglers, and results of a study examining predation on Atlantic salmon smolts by cod.
Language:
English
ISBN:
[n/a]
ISSN:
14804883
General Note:
"Not to be cited without permission of the authors."
Abstract in English and French.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 13-15).
