The early marine distribution of Atlantic salmon in the North-east Atlantic: A genetically informed stock-specific synthesis

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dc.contributor.authorGilbey, John
dc.contributor.authorUtne, Kjell Rong
dc.contributor.authorWennevik, Vidar
dc.contributor.authorBeck, Alexander Christian
dc.contributor.authorKausrud, Kyrre
dc.contributor.authorHindar, Kjetil
dc.contributor.authorGarcia de Leaniz, Carlos
dc.contributor.authorCherbonnel, Corrine
dc.contributor.authorCoughlan, Jamie
dc.contributor.authorCross, Tom F.
dc.contributor.authorDillane, Eileen
dc.contributor.authorEnsing, Dennis
dc.contributor.authorGarcía-Vázquez, Eva
dc.contributor.authorHole, Lars R.
dc.contributor.authorHolm, Marianne
dc.contributor.authorHolst, Jens Christian
dc.contributor.authorJacobsen, Jan Arge
dc.contributor.authorJensen, Arne J.
dc.contributor.authorKarlsson, Sten
dc.contributor.authorÓ Maoiléidigh, Niall
dc.contributor.authorMork, Kjell Arne
dc.contributor.authorNielsen, Einar Eg
dc.contributor.authorNøttestad, Leif
dc.contributor.authorPrimmer, Craig R.
dc.contributor.authorProdöhl, Paulo
dc.contributor.authorPruso, Sergey
dc.contributor.authorStevens, Jamie R.
dc.contributor.authorThomas, Katie
dc.contributor.authorWhelan, Ken
dc.contributor.authorMcGinnity, Philip
dc.contributor.authorVerspoor, Eric
dc.date.accessioned2022-03-16T16:41:13Z
dc.date.available2022-03-16T16:41:13Z
dc.date.issued2021-07-05
dc.descriptionPublication history: Accepted - 3 June 2021; Published online - 5 July 2021.en_US
dc.description.abstractThe survival of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar), an increasingly rare anadromous species, has declined dramatically during its marine phase, with disproportionate impacts on the poorly understood early post-smolt period. Logistical constraints on collecting oceanic data to inform this issue pose a formidable obstacle. To advance understanding of post-smolt distributional ecology in the North-east Atlantic, a comprehensive analysis of existing information was undertaken. Data were synthesized from 385 marine cruises, 10,202 individual trawls, and 9,269 captured post-smolts, spanning three decades and ~4.75 million km2 of ocean, with 3,423 individuals genetically assigned to regional phylogeographic origin. The findings confirm major migrational post-smolt aggregations on the continental shelf-edge off Ireland, Scotland and Norway, and an important marine foraging area in the Norwegian Sea. Genetic analysis shows that aggregational stock composition does not simply reflect distance to natal rivers, with northern phylogeographic stock groups significantly under-represented in sampled high-seas aggregations. It identifies a key foraging habitat for southern European post-smolts located in international waters immediately west of the Vøring Plateau escarpment, potentially exposing them to a high by-catch mortality from extra-territorial pelagic fisheries. Evidence of the differential distribution of regional stocks points to fundamental differences in their migration behaviours and may lead to inter-stock variation in responses to environmental change and marine survival. The study shows that understanding of post-smolt marine ecology, as regards to stock-specific variations in habitat utilization, biological performance and exposure to mortality factors, can be significantly advanced by data integration across studies and exploiting genetic approaches.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipNorges Forskningsråd. Grant Number: 280308; Seventh Framework Programme. Grant Number: 212529.en_US
dc.identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12518/418
dc.identifier.citationGilbey, J., Utne, K.R., Wennevik, V., Beck, A.C., Kausrud, K., Hindar, K., Garcia de Leaniz, C., Cherbonnel, C., Coughlan, J., Cross, T.F., Dillane, E., Ensing, D., García‐Vázquez, E., Hole, L.R., Holm, M., Holst, J.C., Jacobsen, J.A., Jensen, A.J., Karlsson, S., Ó Maoiléidigh, N., Mork, K.A., Nielsen, E.E., Nøttestad, L., Primmer, C.R., Prodöhl, P., Prusov, S., Stevens, J.R., Thomas, K., Whelan, K., McGinnity, P. and Verspoor, E. (2021) ‘The early marine distribution of Atlantic salmon in the North‐east Atlantic: A genetically informed stock‐specific synthesis’, Fish and Fisheries. Wiley. doi:10.1111/faf.12587.en_US
dc.identifier.issn1467-2960
dc.identifier.issn1467-2979 (electronic)
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1111/faf.12587
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherWileyen_US
dc.rights© 2021 The Authors. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non-commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.en_US
dc.subjectgenetic stock identificationen_US
dc.subjectmarine distributionen_US
dc.subjectmigration behaviouren_US
dc.subjectpelagic trawlsen_US
dc.subjectpost-smoltsen_US
dc.subjectSalmo salaren_US
dc.titleThe early marine distribution of Atlantic salmon in the North-east Atlantic: A genetically informed stock-specific synthesisen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dcterms.dateAccepted2021-06-03
dcterms.dateSubmitted2020-12-02

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