Information

Scottish Parliament election: 7 May. This site won't be routinely updated during the pre-election period.

National Adult Salmon Sampling Project

Report of a project developed by Marine Directorate, Fisheries Management Scotland and local District Salmon Fishery Boards and Trusts to investigate options for sampling adult salmon caught in rod fisheries and scientific netting during 2021-2023.


References

Bacon, P. J., S. C. F. Palmer, J. C. MacLean, G. W. Smith, B. D. M. Whyte, W. S. C. Gurney, and A. F. Youngson. 2009. “Empirical Analyses of the Length, Weight, and Condition of Adult Atlantic Salmon on Return to the Scottish Coast Between 1963 and 2006.” ICES Journal of Marine Science 66 (5): 844–59. https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsp096.

Bal, G., L. Montorio, E. Rivot, E. Prévost, J.-L. Baglinière, and M. Nevoux. 2017. “Evidence for Long-Term Change in Length, Mass and Migration Phenology of Anadromous Spawners in French Atlantic Salmon Salmo Salar.” Journal of Fish Biology 90 (6): 2375–93. https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.13314.

George, A. F. 1982. “Cyclical Variations in the Return Migration of Scottish Salmon by Sea-Age c.1790 to 1976.” https://doi.org/10.21954/OU.RO.0000F7DF.

Hanson, N., J. Ounsley, T. Burton, S. Auer, J. H. Hunt, B. Shaw, J. Henderson, and S. J. Middlemas. 2020. “Hierarchical Analysis of Wild Atlantic Salmon (Salmo Salar) Fecundity in Relation to Body Size and Developmental Traits.” Journal of Fish Biology 96 (2): 316–26. https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.14181.

ICES. 2024. “Working group on North Atlantic Salmon (WGNAS).” ICES Scientific Reports. 6:35. 415 pp. https://doi.org/10.17895/ices.pub.25730247

King, R. A., S. Toms, and J. R. Stevens. 2023. “Evaluating the Importance of Accurate Sex Ratios on Egg Deposition Targets and Conservation Limit Compliance for Atlantic Salmon (Salmo Salar L.) in the River Tamar, South-West England.” Fisheries Management and Ecology 30 (2): 161–70. https://doi.org/10.1111/fme.12609.

MacLean, J. C., G. W. Smith, and R. Laughton. 1996. “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 3 (2): 119128.

Marine Directorate, 2024. “Scottish salmon and sea trout fishery statistics 2023”. Available at: https://www.gov.scot/publications/scottish-salmon-sea-trout-fishery-statistics-2023/

Metcalfe, N. B., and J. E. Thorpe. 1990. “Determinants of Geographical Variation in the Age of Seaward-Migrating Salmon, Salmo Salar.” Journal of Animal Ecology 59 (1): 135–45. https://doi.org/10.2307/5163.

Shearer, W. M. 1992. “The Atlantic Salmon: Natural History, Exploitation and Future Management.”

Summers, D. W. 1993. “Scottish Salmon: The Relevance of Studies of Historical Catch Data.” Scotland Since Prehistory (Smout, TC, Ed.), 98112.

Summers, D. W. 1995. “Long-Term Changes in the Sea-Age at Maturity and Seasonal Time of Return of Salmon, Salmo Salar L., to Scottish Rivers.” Fisheries Management and Ecology 2 (2): 147–56. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2400.1995.tb00107.x.

Todd, C. D., K. D. Friedland, J. C. MacLean, B. D. Whyte, I. C. Russell, M. E. Lonergan, and M. B. Morrissey. 2012. “Phenological and Phenotypic Changes in Atlantic Salmon Populations in Response to a Changing Climate.” ICES Journal of Marine Science 69 (9): 1686–98. https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fss151.

Todd, C. D., S. L. Hughes, C. T. Marshall, J. C. MacLean, M. E. Lonergan, and E. M. Biuw. 2008. “Detrimental Effects of Recent Ocean Surface Warming on Growth Condition of Atlantic Salmon.” Global Change Biology 14 (5): 958–70. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2486.2007.01522.x.

Contact

Email: stuart.middlemas@gov.scot

Back to top