Farmed Atlantic salmon has become one of the most highly traded food commodities in the world, enjoyed for its versatility as ...

The research program is designed to determine how much stream habitat is suitable for Atlantic salmon. Detailed studies of the survivorship and growth of stocked fish are underway, and a model is ...

In 1978, at 26, Gephard caught the first adult Atlantic salmon to return to the river and wriggle its way up a fish ladder as part of the federal restoration program—and he was hooked for life.

A recent survey of Atlantic salmon redds revealed a higher ... Annual redd surveys estimate the number of adult salmon that return to the Sheepscot River to spawn. In 2022, five redds were ...

Wild Atlantic salmon, known as the “King of ... upstream of the four Brookfield dams.The small number of returning adult salmon that enter the fishway at the first dam on the river, the Lockwood ...

Adult salmon are held between two barriers ... populations of the striped bass — which eat Atlantic salmon smolt — have rebounded in the same river system from several thousand in 2010 to ...

Unfortunately, the strongest climate change impacts probably occur in the Atlantic feeding grounds ... During their upstream return journey, adult salmon are sought by fishermen, with angling ...

where they spend two years maturing into an adult. The fish can grow up to 28-30 inches in length and weigh 8-12 pounds. Atlantic salmon then begin their treacherous journey back to their spawning ...