scholarly journals Returns of transplanted adult, escaped, cultured Atlantic salmon to the Magaguadavic River, New Brunswick

2001 ◽  
Vol 58 (2) ◽  
pp. 504-509 ◽  
Author(s):  
F Whoriskey
Keyword(s):  
Atlantic Salmon ◽  
New Brunswick

Relationship of upstream migrating adult Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) and stream discharge within Catamaran Brook, New Brunswick

2007 ◽  
Vol 64 (3) ◽  
pp. 563-573 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sean C Mitchell ◽  
Richard A Cunjak
Keyword(s):  
Body Size ◽  
Atlantic Salmon ◽  
New Brunswick ◽  
Salmo Salar ◽  
Predictive Ability ◽  
River System ◽  
Low Flow ◽  
Stream Discharge ◽  
Atlantic Salmon Salmo Salar ◽  
Adult Abundance

Stream discharge has long been associated with abundance of returning adult spawning salmonids to streams and may also affect body size distribution of adult salmon as low flows interfere with returns of larger-bodied fish. We examined these relationships of abundance and body size within Catamaran Brook, a third-order tributary to the Miramichi River system of New Brunswick, Canada, to investigate the causes of a declining trend in annual returns of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) to this stream. Regression models of adult abundance, proportion of the run as grilse, and body size of returning adults as functions of maximum daily stream discharge during the period of upstream spawner migration were constructed. Adult abundance shows a logarithmic relationship with stream discharge and provides good predictive ability, while appearing to not be significantly related to adult abundance in the larger Miramichi system. The proportion as grilse in the run and female body size are also logarithmically related to stream discharge, with low flow years being very influential in the regressions. These relationships of Atlantic salmon population abundance and body size characteristics have implications with respect to stock integrity and production of the following generation.

Effects of Forest Spraying with DDT in New Brunswick on Food of Young Atlantic Salmon

1967 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 807-822 ◽  
Author(s):  
Miles H. A. Keenleyside
Keyword(s):  
Atlantic Salmon ◽  
New Brunswick ◽  
Aquatic Insects ◽  
Fish Food ◽  
Active Selection

Food in stomachs of young Atlantic salmon from the Northwest Miramichi River, N.B., changed following aerial DDT spraying of the surrounding watershed. Before spraying, young salmon typically ate immature aquatic insects, fry (underyearlings) concentrating on Diptera and small Ephemeroptera, and parr (overyearlings) on Diptera, Trichoptera, and all sizes of Ephemeroptera. Reduction of all aquatic insects by DDT was soon followed by resurgence of Chironomidae and other Diptera, and surviving fry fed heavily on these; parr fed on Diptera but also ate snails, worms, and fish, previously unimportant in their diet. Five years after the last spraying the pre-spray complexity of young salmon food was being approached. Trichoptera were slowest of the major fish-food types to reappear in stomachs.In fry stomachs Ephemeroptera, and in parr stomachs Ephemeroptera and Trichoptera, were relatively more abundant than in the surrounding stream fauna. Greater availability of these insects and active selection by fish are discussed as possible causes of these relationships.

Emergence, population densities, and growth of salmon and trout fry in two New Brunswick streams

1982 ◽  
Vol 60 (10) ◽  
pp. 2239-2244 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert G. Randall
Keyword(s):  
Atlantic Salmon ◽  
New Brunswick ◽  
Salmo Salar ◽  
Salvelinus Fontinalis ◽  
Early Growth ◽  
Population Densities ◽  
Salmon Fry ◽  
Dependent Growth ◽  
Growth Differences ◽  
Catch Rates

Postemergent downstream dispersal of Atlantic salmon fry (Salmo salar) was monitored using drift samplers during spring 1978 in two Miramichi River, N.B., tributaries. Catch rates of salmon fry peaked during the 2nd and 3rd weeks of June in both streams, coinciding with peak emergence of the salmon from the gravel. Very few trout fry (Salvelinus fontinalis) were captured in the drift nets, but electrofishing results indicated trout emergence preceded salmon by about 3 weeks.The earlier emergence of the trout gave them an early growth advantage over the salmon, so that trout fry were usually larger than salmon fry inhabiting the same stream areas. Early growth rates of both salmon and trout were quite varied among four stream sites during 2 years when growth was monitored; growth differences were discussed in relation to stream temperatures and density-dependent growth. Salmon fry were more abundant than trout fry at most sites in both years.

Identification by Scale Analysis of Farmed Atlantic Salmon Juveniles in Southwestern New Brunswick Rivers

2001 ◽  
Vol 130 (5) ◽  
pp. 815-822 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael J. W. Stokesbury ◽  
Gilles L. Lacroix ◽  
E. Lisa Price ◽  
Derek Knox ◽  
Michael J. Dadswell
Keyword(s):  
Atlantic Salmon ◽  
New Brunswick ◽  
Scale Analysis ◽  
Farmed Atlantic Salmon
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