The status of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) on Prince Edward Island (SFA 17) in 2013 [electronic resource] / D.K. Cairns and R.E. MacFarlane
- Author
- Cairns, David Kenneth
- Additional Titles
- État du saumon de l'Atlantique (Salmo salar) à l'Île-du-Prince-Édouard (ZPS 17) en 2013
- Published
- Ottawa : Fisheries and Oceans Canada, 2015.
- Physical Description
- iv, 25 pages : figures, graphs, maps, tables
- Additional Creators
- MacFarlane, R. E., Canada. Department of Fisheries and Oceans, and Canadian Science Advisory Secretariat
Access Online
- publications.gc.ca , Free-to-read
- Series
- Restrictions on Access
- Free-to-read Unrestricted online access
- Summary
- This paper summarizes Atlantic salmon status on Prince Edward Island (PEI) to 2013. The number of PEI rivers containing Atlantic salmon was approximately 71 at the time of European contact, 28 in 2000-2002, 22 in 2007-2008, and approximately 26 currently. Available data series (redds, juvenile densities) have poor temporal and geographic coverage, which limits the ability to infer trends in salmon status. However it is clear that salmon status has improved greatly in a cluster of northeast PEI rivers which have been subject to intensive habitat rehabilitation. Uncertainty and knowledge gaps in this review include lack of recreational catch estimates, unreliable determination of salmon presence in some rivers, poor or dated data on biological characteristics and spawner to redd ratios used in conservation requirement calculations, and poor trend data.
- Report Numbers
- Fs70-5/2015-019E-PDF
- Other Subject(s)
- Note
- "June 2015."
- Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 7-9).
- Type of File/Data
- Electronic monograph in PDF format.
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