Escaped farm salmon
Escaped farm salmon have been recorded in WRFT rivers for almost 20 years. During the early 1990s, progeny of escaped female farm salmon were recorded in many of the rivers in the area demonstrating that female farmed salmon had successfully spawned.
Escapes of salmon from farms around Wester Ross are reported most years. In 2007, 24,000 salmon were reported to have escaped from a farm in Loch Ewe; within the same area 25,000 salmon escaped from nearby farms in 2003.
WRFT has monitored numbers of escaped farm salmon smolts leaving Loch Damh in 2000 and carried out studies of escaped farm smolts in Loch Tollie in 1999 and records escaped farm salmon in fish trap catches and through fish scale reading.
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Billier, Geoffrey (2014) A study of macro-invertebrates and the feeding behaviour of juvenile salmon in the Little Gruinard River SAC, 2014
Geoffrey Billier sampled macro-invertebrates and investigate the feeding behaviour of juvenile salmon in the Little Gruinard river, during a three-month internship for WRFT, as part of his studies at Ecole Nationale Supérieure Agronomique de Toulouse 'ENSAT'. This report provides much new information about the biodiversity of macro-invertebrates in the river, drift patterns (day & night) and the diet of salmon fry, parr and smolts. . Posted: 30/09/2014 (3.22MB)
Escaped farm salmon and wild salmon at Dundonnell, October 2009
Higher resolution photograph of the two large male salmon from the Dundonnell broodfish tank, 30th October 2009. Photos of scales from each of the fish are also shown. Fish photo by Ben Rushbrooke. Thank you to Alasdair Macdonald and Dundonnell Estate for permission and support. Posted: 18/11/2009 (2.59MB)
Land Use and Salmon Smolt Production in Wester Ross
Presentation given by Peter Cunningham at the WRFT Ecosystem Fertility and Salmon Smolt Production Seminar on 30th November 2007. Describes growth of juvenile salmon in Wester Ross and how this relates to soil fertility and land management. Note large size of file!. Posted: 05/09/2008 (22.41MB)
Little Gruinard FMP April 2011 Part 1 & 2
Little Gruinard River FMP April 2011. Posted: 03/02/2011 (6.81MB)
Otters and Salmon carcasses study 2002
The findings of a study to investigate levels of mortality of salmon along spawning streams and what happens to their carcasses are reported in this report to project sponsors, the Atlantic Salmon Trust. . Posted: 18/07/2008 (3.12MB)