EFFECTS OF LONG-TERM EXERCISE ON SURVIVAL, HOMING AND STRAYING OF RELEASED ATLANTIC SALMON SMOLTS

Atlantic salmon 1 + pre-smolts were exercised under low (LE) or modera te (ME) water current velocities prior to release. The flow regimes ha d a minor effect on freshwater growth and did not affect total Carlin- tag recaptures significantly, but the LE adults strayed more frequentl y and the ME salmon homed more successfully to the release site. (C) 1 998 The Fisheries Society of the British Isles.