Salmon in the Sea and New Enhancement Strategies

Part 1 Salmon in the sea: overview: movement and migration of salmon at sea; climatic changes in the North-Eastern Atlantic and their impact on salmonsmolts; marine environmental factors and predators of salmon; factors affecting marine survival; sea survival; the salmon at sea - oceanographic cycles; decline of sea trout in the West of Ireland and the Northwest of Scotland; an indicator of forthcoming marine problems for salmon?; the effect of the 1984 commercial salmon fishery on wild and enhanced stocks entering Nepisiguit Bay; evaluation of marine exploitation, North America; evaluation of exploitation, Europe; allocation of the resource; Control of marine exploitation. Part 2 New enhancement strategies: government and private sector collaboration - the Quebec Salmon Economic Development Program; new uses for kelts; salmonid enhancement - impacts from the past and a role for the future; the importance of genetic uniqueness; river enhancement strategies on a time-shared river; a kelt-supported angling fishery on a Merrimack River; what's new in downstream fish passage?; quota purchases. Part 3: Summing up.