smolt

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smolt

a young salmon at the stage when it migrates from fresh water to the sea

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Our results also suggest that migrating cormorants mostly miss the main smolt run in this area.

The effect of cormorant predation on newly established Atlantic salmon population

This capacity, in addition to its own smolt production, will enable GSF Rogaland to reduce sea production time down to 12 months.

Grieg Seafood Team Acquires Norwegian Post-Smolt Production Facility Tytlandsvik Aqua

The procedure for deploying PERs was 1) activation of GPS transponders/GoPro cameras (30 sec/PER), 2) attachment of the salmon smolt to predation timers (1 min/timer), 3) release of PERs (1 min/PER), 4) transit of PER through study site (45 min.

Development of underwater recorders to quantify predation of juvenile Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) in a river environment

A putative juvenile (recently metamorphosed) River Lamprey was collected at the John Day Dam smolt bypass facility on 28 May 2013 from a sample time frame of 13:00 to 07:00.

River Lamprey (Lampetra ayresii) outmigrant upstream of the John Day Dam in the mid-Columbia River

En consecuencia, la dosis de calcio que presento la mayor proteccion es superior a la recomendada por Rosseland (1999) lo que se atribuiria a que utilizo peces de tamano smolt, mientras que en este trabajo se utilizaron alevines recien eclosionados de 0,1 g de peso, que son mas vulnerables al efecto toxico del aluminio.

Efecto del calcio sobre la toxicidad aguda de aluminio en alevines de trucha arcoiris (Oncorhynchus mykiss) expuestos en aguas de diferente pH

mykiss in Topanga Creek appear to grow quickly, rapidly attaining a size favorable for smolt survival or for resident fish to reach sexual maturity.

Colonization and persistence of a Southern California steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss) population

In 2009 a larger number of smolt has been put into the sea again, so the quantities of salmon in 2011 should be at least at the same level as in 2009", said Jacobsen.

Less Faroese Farmed Salmon Expected in 2010

Among the stages of the trip are swim-up fry, stream predators, Wooley Creek Refuge, a smolt in the estuary, shark strike, salmon trollers, homing, and spawning.

Springer's quest; life of a Pacific Chinook salmon

Smolt are temporarily grown in these lakes to accelerate their growth before they are transported to cages in the sea where the salmon will reach adult stages.

Salmon aquaculture and transmission of the fish tapeworm

Grilse, kelt, parr and smolt are all terms for which fish during various stages of development?

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Hedging its bets, Norwegian fanned salmon producer Pan Fish has purchased a salmon farming company and a smolt producer in Scotland.

Wild and farmed salmon sellers go at it in lukewarm Japanese marketplace: Europe faces glut of Norwegian farmed salmon, and fights back with punitive tariffs. Sea lice said to infest farming operations, and threaten wild salmon with infection