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The Atlantic Salmon Trust
Moray Firth Tracking Project 2019 Update
Putting Wild Salmon First
Moray Firth Tracking Project Recap
- What is the problem?
- What is the plan?
- What can it achieve?
The Atlantic Salmon Trust Putting Wild Salmon First Moray Firth - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
The Atlantic Salmon Trust Putting Wild Salmon First Moray Firth - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
The Atlantic Salmon Trust Putting Wild Salmon First Moray Firth Tracking Project 2019 Update Moray Firth Tracking Project Recap What is the problem? What is the plan? What can it achieve? The Problem The Plan Largest European
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The Problem
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The Plan
- Largest European salmon tracking
project
- Tag 850 smolts in the headwaters of 7
rivers
- Place 358 acoustic receivers in rivers,
estuaries and 3 x marine arrays
- Monitors Smolts over 100 miles & as
they migrate seawards
- Building on individual river projects to
create a Regional project
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What Will it Achieve?
- Year 1
Understand where fish are going missing
- Identify mortality pinch points through fresh water
& coastal zone
- Year 2
Close in on the Likely Suspects
- Assist in developing management solutions
- Identify areas that require future research
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Inverness Fraserburgh Wick
Shin Oykel Conon Ness Findhorn Spey Deveron
Marine receivers Freshwater & Estuary receivers Moray East Windfarm Capture Locations
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So What Happened…
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Sea Trout
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Moray Firth Rivers – movement through the Marine Arrays
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Findhorn
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Moray Firth Rivers
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River 11% MIA Tidal 10% MIA Marine 21% MIA
Findhorn
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Summary of Findings
- Freshwater
Higher number going missing than expected
- Coastal
Lower numbers going missing than expected
- Next steps
Identify why the smolts are going missing
- Taking action