Atlantic Salmon Redds and Artificial Spawning Beds
- 1 January 1942
- journal article
- Published by Canadian Science Publishing in Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada
- Vol. 6a (1) , 37-44
- https://doi.org/10.1139/f42-006
Abstract
Atlantic salmon select as redd sites places where the current is accelerating. Eggs in the redd are in definite pockets associated with large gravel and stones, and are not scattered through the redd. The completed redd is figured. In Moser river, Nova Scotia, the spawning beds are poor and few. Eggs are smothered in some redds. Artificial spawning beds were prepared and were promptly used by the salmon. These provide a means of extending the area for successful natural spawning.Keywords
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