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

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Guided by the odors they imprint on in their youth, most adult salmon famously return to spawn in the stream where they were born. No one knows precisely what scents young salmon memorize ...

Components of that soup may be disrupting their behavior, according to a new study. Atlantic salmon exposed to anti-anxiety medication during their migration were more successful in reaching their ...

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 ...