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- Title
The migration of stocked, trapped and transported, and wild female American silver eels through the Gulf of St. Lawrence1.
- Authors
Béguer-Pon, Mélanie; Verreault, Guy; Stanley, David; Castonguay, Martin; Dodson, Julian J.
- Abstract
The stocking of juvenile eels and trap and transport programs of large yellow (American) eels (Anguilla rostrata) were initiated in Ontario to mitigate mortalities observed at hydroelectric dams and to increase escapement from the upper St. Lawrence River and Lake Ontario (Canada). A total of 380 migrating female silver eels (stocked, trapped and transported, and wild) were tagged with acoustic transmitters between 2011 and 2014. Their migration and escapement at the exit of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, the Cabot Strait, were recorded using acoustic receivers. Escapement rates varied between 8.9% and 20.0% annually (mean = 11.4%). A high proportion of stocked eels were detected (N = 27 of 43 detected at Cabot Strait), demonstrating their ability to escape the Gulf. No differences in migration speed or crossing locations at Cabot Strait were found among the three categories. Eels crossing Cabot Strait did not display diel and tidal patterns, but their estimated swimming depth indicated diel vertical migrations. The low escapement rates observed may be related to predation events and (or) the low and variable detection efficiency of the acoustic receivers' line.
- Subjects
GULF of Saint Lawrence; LAKE Ontario (N.Y. &; Ont.); AMERICAN eel; ACOUSTIC receivers; VERTICAL distribution (Aquatic biology); PREDATION
- Publication
Canadian Journal of Fisheries & Aquatic Sciences, 2018, Vol 75, Issue 11, p2024
- ISSN
0706-652X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1139/cjfas-2017-0356