ATLANTIC SALMON AND SEA TROUT...
SENTINELS FOR OUR ENVIRONMENT
SENTINELS FOR OUR ENVIRONMENT
FUNDING RESEARCH AND PRACTICAL MEASURES TO ENSURE THE FUTURE OF SALMON AND SEA TROUT AT SEA AND IN FRESH WATER
During the last 30 years, numbers of wild Salmon returning from the sea have fallen by more than half. Wild Salmon and Sea Trout are an important natural resource and we need help to find out why, and what can be done to stem this decline.
Since 1967, the Atlantic Salmon Trust has been involved in the funding and sponsorship of practical research programmes tackling the problems wild Atlantic salmon and sea trout face today.
Lost at Sea, a short film from Castletown Productions, takes the viewer on an epic journey through the oceanic kingdom of the Atlantic Salmon, in an attempt to unravel the mystery of their life at sea., and looks at ongoing work to identify the reason why so many of the fish are failing to return from their ocean odyssey
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Q. WHY AND WHERE ARE SEA LICE BELIEVED TO BE SERIOUS PARASITES OF SEA TROUT?
Sea lice (mainly the salmon louse, Lepeophtheirus salmonis (L.)) are naturally occurring and widespread skin parasites of salmon and sea trout in their marine phases. Other lice (C...
Sea lice (mainly the salmon louse, Lepeophtheirus salmonis (L.)) are naturally occurring and widespread skin parasites of salmon and sea trout in their marine phases. Other lice (C...
Q. HOW DO SALMON NAVIGATE?
Salmon navigation is one of the marvels of nature. While the full answer is not yet clear, a number of mechanisms may guide salmon at sea. These include guidance by the stars as we...
Salmon navigation is one of the marvels of nature. While the full answer is not yet clear, a number of mechanisms may guide salmon at sea. These include guidance by the stars as we...
Q. ARE SEA TROUT INCLINED TO STRAY?
Although they can wander from river to river, their homing ability in terms of successful spawning appears to be very good. The evidence for this suggestion is based on tag r...
Although they can wander from river to river, their homing ability in terms of successful spawning appears to be very good. The evidence for this suggestion is based on tag r...
Q. WHAT IS A GRILSE?
A grilse is an Atlantic salmon which has spent only one winter at sea before returning to the river. Salmon grilse are often indistinguishable from multi ...
A grilse is an Atlantic salmon which has spent only one winter at sea before returning to the river. Salmon grilse are often indistinguishable from multi ...
Q. WHAT DO PARR FEED ON WHEN THEY ARE IN FRESH WATER?
The larvae of aquatic insects and other aquatic invertebrates together with terrestrial insects which fall into the water.
The larvae of aquatic insects and other aquatic invertebrates together with terrestrial insects which fall into the water.
Q. WHEN DO THE SALMON'S EGGS HATCH?
The incubation time depends upon the water temperature. Hatching usually occurs in early spring and the young fish (called "alevins") remain in the redd for a few weeks., nourished...
The incubation time depends upon the water temperature. Hatching usually occurs in early spring and the young fish (called "alevins") remain in the redd for a few weeks., nourished...
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