An assessment of the grilse error associated with reported salmon, Salmo salar L., catches from two rod-and-line fisheries on the River Spey, Scotland, UK

Fisheries Management and Ecology

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 119-128

  Maclean, J C ^a   Smith, G W ^a   Laughton, R ^b  

^a SOAEFD   (United Kingdom)

^b Spey District Fishery Board   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Age determination; Grilse error; Rod catches; Salmo salar; Salmon

Indexed keywords

SALMO SALAR;

EID: 7544245284     PISSN: 0969997X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2400.1996.tb00136.x     Document Type: Article

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