Assessing the diet of North American Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) off the West Greenland coast using gut content and stable isotope analyses

2017 ◽  
Vol 26 (5) ◽  
pp. 555-568 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heather J. Dixon ◽  
J. Brian Dempson ◽  
Timothy F. Sheehan ◽  
Mark D. Renkawitz ◽  
Michael Power
Keyword(s):  
Stable Isotope ◽  
Atlantic Salmon ◽  
Salmo Salar ◽  
North American ◽  
Gut Content ◽  
The West ◽  
Stable Isotope Analyses ◽  
West Greenland ◽  
Atlantic Salmon Salmo Salar ◽  
Isotope Analyses

Discrimination between Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar) of North American and European Origin using Restriction Analyses of Mitochondrial DNA

1991 ◽  
Vol 48 (5) ◽  
pp. 884-893 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eldredge Bermingham ◽  
Stephen H. Forbes ◽  
Kevin Friedland ◽  
Carles Pla
Keyword(s):  
Mitochondrial Dna ◽  
Atlantic Salmon ◽  
Salmo Salar ◽  
North American ◽  
Restriction Endonucleases ◽  
The West ◽  
European Origin ◽  
West Greenland ◽  
Atlantic Salmon Salmo Salar ◽  
The North

Twenty restriction endonucleases were used to study mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) polymorphism in 11 hatchery strains of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) representing geographically separated populations in Europe and North America. The North American salmon mtDNAs studied were readily distinguished, by a minimum of seven restriction site differences, from fish of European origin. These results suggested that restriction analyses of mtDNA might provide a useful method for determining the proportions of European and North American Atlantic salmon caught in the West Greenland fishery. To test this proposition, we analyzed 328 salmon caught in the 1987 West Greenland fishery including 68 fish with coded wire or Carlin tags which provided the geographic source of the tagged salmon. We correctly identified the continent of origin for 67 of the 68 physically tagged salmon using two informative restriction endonucleases. This study provides a clear indication of the usefulness of mtDNA for discriminating between European and North American Atlantic salmon caught in the West Greenland fishery and for mixed-fishery analysis in general.

Effects of Oceanic Variations and the West Greenland Fishery on Age at Maturity of Icelandic West Coast Stocks of Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar)

1989 ◽  
Vol 46 (1) ◽  
pp. 16-27 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dennis L. Scarnecchia ◽  
Árni Ísaksson ◽  
S. E. White
Keyword(s):  
Time Series ◽  
Atlantic Salmon ◽  
Salmo Salar ◽  
West Coast ◽  
Strongly Correlated ◽  
The West ◽  
West Greenland ◽  
Atlantic Salmon Salmo Salar ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Salmon Fishery

Investigations were conducted on the effects of oceanic variations (as measured by sea temperatures) and catches by the West Greenland salmon fishery on the sea age composition of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) stocks from 21 Icelandic west coast rivers. Annual ratios of grilse to two-sea-winter (2SW) salmon were strongly correlated among the 21 rivers. All eight rivers with time series extending back before the expansion of the West Greenland fishery showed lower ratios during the earlier period. Only 2 of the 21 rivers, however, had significantly declining ratios over their time series. In addition, for only one river was West Greenland catch significantly related to the ratios (P < 0.05), and for only one river did ratios increase when the expanded West Greenland fishery was active. Overall, the effects of the fishery on stock composition are evidently minimal. The mean April–May temperature when the smolts were to migrate out of rivers was significantly and positively related to subsequent ratios for five of the rivers, which, along with correlations among the ratios, indicated that more rapid growth of smolts in their first summer may have increased the ratios of grilse to 2SW salmon on several rivers.

scholarly journals Genetic mixed-stock analysis disentangles spatial and temporal variation in composition of the West Greenland Atlantic Salmon fishery

2016 ◽  
Vol 73 (9) ◽  
pp. 2311-2321 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ian R. Bradbury ◽  
Lorraine C. Hamilton ◽  
Timothy F. Sheehan ◽  
Gerald Chaput ◽  
Martha J. Robertson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Atlantic Salmon ◽  
North American ◽  
Temporal Stability ◽  
Spatial And Temporal Variation ◽  
Published Data ◽  
The West ◽  
West Greenland ◽  
Archived Samples ◽  
Mixed Stock ◽  
Salmon Fishery

Abstract The West Greenland Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar) fishery represents the largest remaining mixed-stock fishery for Atlantic Salmon in the Northwest Atlantic and targets multi-sea-winter (MSW) salmon from throughout North America and Europe. We evaluated stock composition of salmon harvested in the waters off West Greenland (n = 5684 individuals) using genetic mixture analysis and individual assignment to inform conservation of North American populations, many of which are failing to meet management targets. Regional contributions to this fishery were estimated using 2169 individuals sampled throughout the fishery between 2011 and 2014. Of these, 22% were identified as European in origin. Major North American contributions were detected from Labrador (∼20%), the Southern Gulf/Cape Breton (29%), and the Gaspe Peninsula (29%). Minor contributions (∼5%) were detected from Newfoundland, Ungava, and Quebec regions. Region-specific catches were extrapolated using estimates of composition and fishery catch logs and harvests ranged from 300 to 600 and 2000 to 3000 individuals for minor and major constituents, respectively. To evaluate the temporal stability of the observed fishery composition, we extended the temporal coverage through the inclusion of previously published data (1995–2006, n = 3095) and data from archived scales (1968–1998, n = 420). Examination of the complete time-series (47 years) suggests relative stability in stock proportions since the late 1980s. Genetic estimates of stock composition were significantly associated with model-based estimates of returning MSW salmon (individual years r = 0.69, and overall mean r = 0.96). This work demonstrates that the analysis of both contemporary and archived samples in a mixed-stock context can disentangle levels of regional exploitation and directly inform assessment and conservation of Atlantic Salmon in the West Greenland interceptory Atlantic Salmon fishery.

Stable isotope profiling for large-scale evaluation of feed efficiency in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar )

2019 ◽  
Vol 50 (4) ◽  
pp. 1153-1161 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hanne Dvergedal ◽  
Jørgen Ødegård ◽  
Liv Torunn Mydland ◽  
Margareth Øverland ◽  
Jon Øvrum Hansen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Stable Isotope ◽  
Atlantic Salmon ◽  
Salmo Salar ◽  
Feed Efficiency ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Scale Evaluation ◽  
Atlantic Salmon Salmo Salar

Otolith-derived estimates of marine temperature use by West Greenland Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)

2015 ◽  
Vol 72 (7) ◽  
pp. 2139-2148 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vanessa Minke-Martin ◽  
J. Brian Dempson ◽  
Timothy F. Sheehan ◽  
Michael Power
Keyword(s):  
Individual Differences ◽  
Atlantic Salmon ◽  
Data Storage ◽  
Salmo Salar ◽  
Late Summer ◽  
Growth Zone ◽  
Micro Milling ◽  
West Greenland ◽  
Atlantic Salmon Salmo Salar ◽  
Preferred Temperatures

Abstract Otolith-derived estimates of mean marine temperatures used by West Greenland 1SW Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) of North American origin were determined for fish collected in 2009 and 2010. Otolith material corresponding to the second summer at sea was subsampled, via micro-milling, and analysed by mass spectrometry to produce stable oxygen isotope (δ18O) values from which temperature use estimates were obtained from a salmonid-based fractionation equation. Mean temperature estimates did not differ significantly by period (early vs. late summer), or capture year. The mean and variation estimates were also consistent with temperature use values previously published in the literature or derived from the limited number of data storage tags that have been retrieved for Atlantic salmon, with 80% of all individuals occupying temperatures in the 3.9–9.7°C range. Among-individual differences in temperature use did not correlate with measured otolith growth zone widths. Given the temporal, spatial and methodological variation associated with the derivation of marine temperature use estimates for Atlantic salmon, the data were interpreted to define a range of preferred temperatures within which among-individual differences in growth were driven by the interaction of feeding and temperature use, possibly as a result of the opportunistic feeding behaviour known to predominate among Atlantic salmon.

Differences in Atlantic Salmon, Salmo salar, from North America and Europe

1972 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 179-185 ◽  
Author(s):  
O. L. Nyman ◽  
J. H. C. Pippy
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
Atlantic Salmon ◽  
Salmo Salar ◽  
North American ◽  
Serum Proteins ◽  
Fork Length ◽  
Anisakis Simplex ◽  
Atlantic Salmon Salmo Salar

Differences in electropherograms produced by serum proteins and liver esterases were used to identify North American and European Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) caught at sea. Division of salmon according to continent of origin was supported by mean river age, mean fork length, and abundance of the two parasites Anisakis simplex and Eubothrium crassum. Consistent differences in electrophoretic behaviour of serum proteins and liver esterases in salmon from the two continents support the suggestion that salmon from North America and Europe represent different subspecies.

Trophic ecology ofPomatoschistus micropswithin an intertidal bay (Roscoff, France), investigated through gut content and stable isotope analyses

2013 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 261-270 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jean-Charles Leclerc ◽  
Pascal Riera ◽  
Laure M.-L. J. Noël ◽  
Cédric Leroux ◽  
Ann C. Andersen
Keyword(s):  
Stable Isotope ◽  
Trophic Ecology ◽  
Gut Content ◽  
Stable Isotope Analyses ◽  
Isotope Analyses
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