Differences in otolith microstructure between hatchery-reared and wild Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha)
- 1 February 1995
- journal article
- Published by Canadian Science Publishing in Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
- Vol. 52 (2) , 344-352
- https://doi.org/10.1139/f95-035
Abstract
Otolith microstructure exhibited some characteristic differences between hatchery-reared and wild chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) from the Cowichan River. Daily growth increments that formed in the otoliths of the hatchery-reared chinook salmon after exogenous feeding were more regular in width and contrast than those in the otoliths of wild chinook salmon. In addition, otoliths from hatchery-reared individuals frequently produced a check when the fish were released from the hatchery. Eighty-nine percent of a sample of 67 chinook smolts that had been coded-wire tagged in hatcheries and later captured in the Strait of Georgia were correctly identified as originating from hatcheries based on otolith microstructure. These tagged fish originated from at least 17 different hatcheries, indicating that the method could be used to identify chinook salmon originating from other hatcheries.Keywords
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