Research Document - 2001/032
A preliminary assessment of the Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) stocks in Deer Arm Brook, Newfoundland, Newfoundland, 2000
By Knight, T. W.
Abstract
During the summer of 2000, a fish counting fence was established for the first time on Deer Arm Brook, Newfoundland, in Salmon Fishing Area (SFA) 14A. Almost the entire watershed is located within the boundaries of Gros Morne National Park of Canada. A total of 835 adult anadromous salmon, of which 755 were adult small (< 63 cm fork length) and 80 were large (? 63 cm fork length), returned to the river. Data from Deer Arm Brook were not available to determine the values for a number of variables important in the calculation of egg deposition; values were substituted from results on other rivers in SFA 14A to provide a range of potential egg deposition levels. Assuming that substituted values are consistent with Deer Arm Brook, adult runs to the watershed exceeded Department of Fisheries and Oceans conservation requirements
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