Research Document - 2000/032
Status of Atlantic salmon in Conne River, SFA11, Newfoundland, 1999.
By J.B. Dempson, G. Furey, and M. Bloom
Abstract
Results obtained from a fish counting fence provided the basis for the assessment of the Conne River Atlantic salmon stock in 1999. Returns to home waters (river and estuary) were 2358 salmon < 63 cm in length and 241 salmon ³ 63 cm in size. This represented a decrease of 20% for small salmon in comparison with 1998 while large salmon returns declined by 18%. Sea survival to 1SW salmon increased over the previous year but still remains low (2.80%). Only 68% of the Management Target was met but 122% of the conservation spawning (egg) requirement was attained. A mark-recapture study estimated a smolt run in 1999 of 63,658, which was 37% less than the peak run in 1997 but similar to the average from 1987 – 1995. Information on the occurrence of escaped farmed rainbow (steelhead) trout in Conne River, and results of angling activity for escaped rainbow trout during 1999 are also provided.
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