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- Title
Spawning season movements of transported landlocked Atlantic salmon in a newly restored river habitat.
- Authors
Hatanpää, Aurora; Huuskonen, Hannu; Janhunen, Matti; Kortet, Raine; Piironen, Jorma
- Abstract
Certain spawning areas of the critically endangered Lake Saimaa landlocked Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar m. sebago) have been recently restored by excavator- and helicopter-scattered gravel, but the success of applied methodologies has remained open. Here, we monitored the spawning-related movements and redds occurrence of transported semi-wild and hatchery-reared salmon in the restored River Ala-Koitajoki, eastern Finland, using radiotelemetry and snorkeling. Nearly all fish accepted the newly restored spawning habitats in the river that maintains a low flow rate (only 4 m3·s−1). The movements of females released up to 2 weeks before spawning time were restricted mainly to the closest rapids from the release site, and most of the movements were directed downstream. Semi-wild and hatchery background fish exhibited similar mobility, which was more variable among males. A majority of redds were found in restored areas, and both helicopter- and excavator-scattered gravels were accepted as spawning substrates. Our results indicate that natural reproduction of the studied landlocked salmon population can be successfully returned to its original spawning river by restoration of habitats and transfer of spawners.
- Subjects
FINLAND; LAKE trout; FISH spawning; ATLANTIC salmon; SPAWNING; HATCHERY fishes; STREAM restoration; HABITATS
- Publication
Canadian Journal of Fisheries & Aquatic Sciences, 2021, Vol 78, Issue 2, p184
- ISSN
0706-652X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1139/cjfas-2019-0334