| Description |
xvii, 244 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
1. Introduction -- 2. The Life History -- 3. The R. North Esk and Its Research Facilities. 3.1. The R. North Esk. 3.2. The fishery. 3.3. Smolt and adult traps. 3.4. The automatic fish counter -- 4. The Homecoming. 4.1. Homing. 4.2. The time of return and progress upstream. 4.3. The pattern of return -- 5. The Freshwater Phase. 5.1. Fecundity. 5.2. Egg deposition. 5.3. The juveniles -- 6. Life in the Sea. 6.1. Distribution at sea. 6.2. Feeding. 6.3. Migration routes. 6.4. Predation. 6.5. Natural mortality -- 7. The Home Water Fisheries. 7.1. Ownership in Scotland. 7.2. Ownership in England and Wales. 7.3. Management in Scotland. 7.4. Management in England and Wales. 7.5. Fishing methods. 7.6. Economics. 7.8. Legislation -- 8. The High Seas Fisheries. 8.1. The Greenland fishery. 8.2. The Norwegian Sea fishery. 8.3. The Faroese fishery. 8.4. Assessment of the effect of the fisheries at west Greenland and at the Faroes. 8.5. The Irish fishery |
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8.6. Fishery for salmon in international waters -- 9. Migration and Exploitation. 9.1. Migration in coastal waters. 9.2. Exploitation rates. 9.3. The fate of North Esk salmon hatched in 1979 -- 10. Catches Past and Present. 10.1. Scotland. 10.2. England and Wales -- 11. Salmon Farming -- 12. Conflict with the Environment. 12.1. Changes in land use. 12.2. Water abstraction. 12.3. Acidification. 12.4. Global warming -- 13. The Future. 13.1. The high seas fisheries. 13.2. Home water catches. 13.3. The demise of the net fishery. 13.4. The possible effects of the removal of net fisheries. 13.5. Seals. 13.6. Research. 13.7. Management requirements -- Appendix A: The model used to estimate the natural mortality at sea for North Esk salmon -- Appendix B: The model used to assess losses to home water stocks resulting from the Faroese fishery -- Appendix C: Estimating the effect of the removal of net fisheries |
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Appendix D: The values or reliable estimates which are required to construct a management plan and monitor the results |
| Notes |
"A Buckland Foundation book." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-223) and index |
| Subject |
Atlantic salmon fisheries -- Great Britain.
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Atlantic salmon fisheries.
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Atlantic salmon -- Great Britain.
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Atlantic salmon.
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| LC no. |
92018941 |
| ISBN |
0470219475 |
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