Journal
ICES JOURNAL OF MARINE SCIENCE
Volume 69, Issue 9, Pages 1580-1588Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fss052
Keywords
gillnet; ichthyofauna; Labrador Sea; macroparasite; Salmo salar; surface trawl
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- Fisheries and Oceans Canada
- NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service (USA)
- Torngat Wildlife, Plants and Fisheries Secretariat Labrador
- Quebec Ministere des Ressouces Naturelles et de la Faune
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Pelagic ecosystem surveys were conducted in the Labrador Sea during 2008 and 2009 as part of SALSEA North America. In total, 107 Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) were captured using a pelagic surface trawl and multipanel surface gillnets. Surface trawling provided a broad spatial sampling of the fish and macroinvertebrate communities in the upper 10 m of the water column, but caught few salmon (23). Gillnetting was more effective at capturing post-smolt (60) and adult (24) salmon. Multiple smolt cohorts were captured, indicating that post-smolts and returning adults from different rivers in North America have similar autumnal habitat requirements. Post-smolts were caught at night and in water temperatures exceeding 10 degrees C, both novel results. Post-smolts and adults consumed similar and diverse prey species, although Themisto compressa was the most important prey item. Intestinal macroparasite loads were substantial and could be a significant source of mortality. Concurrent planktonic assemblage and oceanographic conditions were also quantified. A full exploration of these data, historical datasets, and parallel data collected during SALSEA Greenland and SALSEA-Merge will further understanding of the ecology of marine-phase Atlantic salmon and inform investigations into stock-specific differences in marine productivity.
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