Distribution and Timing of Tag Recoveries from Native and Nonnative Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar) Released into Big Salmon River, New Brunswick

Abstract

Recaptures of tagged Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) released as smolts into the Big Salmon River varied between annual releases with no differences found on the basis of native or nonnative origin. Few were recaptured outside the Bay of Fundy. Distant fisheries in Greenland and Newfoundland take few salmon from Big Salmon River and commercial exploitation within the Bay of Fundy is minor, particularly by the former large fishery off the mouth of the Saint John River.