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SPICe briefings
Date published:
19 August 2019
Wild Salmon - Predators in rivers
There is currently a lack of accurate assessments of fish consumption rates and key parameters of fish population.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
19 August 2019
Wild Salmon - Finfish aquaculture
Farmed salmon are at risk of sea lice - parasites which live on the skin of fish. Sea lice can damage the fish directly, as well as making them more susceptible to infections and disease 1SPICe. (2018).
SPICe briefings
Date published:
19 August 2019
Wild Salmon - Other fish
Other fish
Other fish including pike, eels or larger salmon and trout may predate on small salmon and eggs.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
19 August 2019
Wild Salmon - Pesticides
These chemicals are highly toxic to fish, with some synthetic insecticides being up to 1000 times more toxic to fish than they are to mammals or birds1Moore, A., & Waring, C.P. (2001).
SPICe briefings
Date published:
19 August 2019
Wild Salmon - Illegal poaching
These ranged from 68 recorded fish poaching crimes in 2016-17, up to 135 in 2012-13.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
19 August 2019
Wild Salmon - Nutrient pollutants
It is thought that Atlantic salmon are one of the most vulnerable fish species to ammonia toxicity. A lab-based study on young salmon from a fish farm in Norway looked at the lethal concentrations of ammonia at different temperatures and pH levels.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
19 August 2019
Wild Salmon - Salmon fishery statistics 2018
However, these catches should be viewed alongside net fishing effort (below) as the amount of fishing will be largely driven by the amount of fishing which takes place.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
19 August 2019
Wild Salmon - Controls on flow rate
Sudden reductions in flow may also leave fish stranded in pools or outside the river1Warren, M., Dunbar, M.J., & Smith, C. (2015).
SPICe briefings
Date published:
19 August 2019
Wild Salmon - Social and cultural value of wild salmon
(n.d.) NORWAY - A GUIDE TO SALMON FISHING. Retrieved from <a href="https://www.sportfish.co.uk/norway-a-guide-to-salmon-fishing" target="_blank">https://www.sportfish.co.uk/norway-a-guide-to-salmon-fishing</a> [accessed 26 June 2019].
SPICe briefings
Date published:
19 August 2019
Wild Salmon - Climate change
Changing spatial distribution of fish stocks in relation to climate and population size on the Northeast United States continental shelf.
