Affiliation:
1. Loughine Ltd, Kincraig, Blairs, Aberdeen
Abstract
The stocks of the Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) have declined in the sea and in many rivers in North America and
Europe in recent years and are experiencing a crisis. Despite their high degree of legal protection, the quality of
their aquatic environments within rivers and in the sea, including local coastal waters, appears to be deteriorating.
Salmon survival, has declined both within the sea and within rivers. The status of the Atlantic salmon stocks is
considered here, together with the adverse effects of different sources, and those steps that may need to be taken
to improve the condition of the salmon. This paper is intended to assist management bodies in taking steps to
resolve the problems that exist for salmon, both within rivers and in the sea. It makes particular use of information
available from the River Dee in Scotland.
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