The prevalence of escaped farmed salmon, Salmo salar L., in the River Ewe, western Scotland, with notes on their ages, weights and spawning distribution

Fisheries Management and Ecology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 149-159

  Butler, J R A ^a,b   Cunningham, P D ^a   Starr, K ^a  

^a Eilean Darach   (United Kingdom)

^b Spey Fishery Board Research Office   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Escapees; Farmed salmon; Fisheries; Genetics; River Ewe; Salmo salar; Spawning

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE ESTIMATION; AGE DETERMINATION; ESCAPEMENT; SALMONID CULTURE; SPAWNING; WEIGHT;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; EWE RIVER; HIGHLAND; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

SALMO SALAR;

EID: 16344377332     PISSN: 0969997X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2400.2005.00437.x     Document Type: Article

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