Rate Of Straying In Adult Coho (Silver) Salmon ("Oncorhynchus Kisutch") From Smolts Released At An Intertidal Location

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• Corporate Authors:
  California Sea Grant College Program ; Humboldt State University ; California. Department of Fish and Game ; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
• NOAA Program & Office:
  Sea Grant ; OAR (Oceanic and Atmospheric Research)
• Sea Grant Program:
  CASG/CUIMR (California Sea Grant)
• Description:
  Straying was studied in the fall of 1977 by the capture of adult ; salmon in traps built into weirs constructed at the mouths of Jolly ; Giant Creek (home stream) and Jacoby Creek (adjacent stream). No salmon could pass the weir on Jolly Giant Creek, but in Jacoby Creek salmon could pass the weir during periods of high water Escapement to ; Jolly Giant Creek was 0.30 percent of smolts released. An estimated 0.25 percent of the smolts released into Jolly Giant migrated to Jacoby Creek as determined from adult fish trapped at the weir and recovered by electrofishing. These data showed a rate of straying of about 45 ; percent as based on adults recovered in the two streams. A majority of the 3-year-old coho returning to Jacoby Creek in the fall of 1977 came from smolts released into Jolly Giant Creek. Improvement in the homing of smolts in the Jolly Giant Creek area may be improved by use of organic fractions in domestic wastewaters to be passed through two marshes and a lake to operate "imprinting ponds."
• Series:
  Research Report Series ; Research Report 78-1
• Sea Grant Document Number:
  HUMSC-T-78-001
• Document Type:
  Technical Report
• Rights Information:
  Public Domain
• Compliance:
  Library
• Download URL:
  https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/39971/noaa_39971_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.27 MB]
• Collection(s):
  Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR) ; Sea Grant Publications
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  urn:sha256:b3d34e3535b5b27d00ed544916c2c4b86d1ecc9ac31253e6607ba90a4f41379d