Atlantic Fisheries Research Document 1996/082
Atlantic salmon stock status for Sand Hill River, Labrador, 1995
By D.G. Reddin; P.B. Short; M.F. O'Connell; A.D. Walsh
Abstract
The status of Atlantic salmon in 1995 was determined for Sand Hill River, Labrador which is located in Salmon Fishing Area (SFA) 2. Assessments were conducted in relation to reduce Atlantic salmon commercial fisheries in Labrador due to quota restrictions and the five-year moratorium on the commercial Atlantic salmon fishery in insular Newfoundland, which entered the fourth year in 1995. Target spawning requirements were derived using a habitat-weighted model which utilizes separate conservation target egg deposition values for fluvial and lacustrine habitats. In 1995, an aerial habitat survey was done and a new target was established. The new egg deposition target is 23.544 x 106 which translates in 4,211 small and 1,805 large salmon based on the average biological characteristics in 1994-95. Total returns to Sand Hill River adjusted for the lateness of installation of the counting fence were 2,781 small and 559 large salmon. In 1995, the proportion achieved of the target egg deposition requirements was 43.7%.
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