THE STATUS OF THE ATLANTIC SALMON IN SCOTLAND. ITE SYMPOSIUM No. 15.

1985 1st edition. Large 4to paperback (209 x 297mm). Ppii,127. Colour photographs, b/w line illustrations, tables, location maps, bibliographies.

"ITE symposium No. 15. Banchory Research Station 13 and 14 February 1985". An interesting collection of papers on current salmon research. Papers include: The law relating to salmon fishing; The biology of Scottish salmon; changes in the timing and biology of salmon runs; Aspects of open sea exploitation of Atlantic salmon and the problems of assessing effects on Scottish home water stocks; The exploitation of Atlantic salmon in Scottish home water fisheries in 1952-1983; Recent changes in fishing methods; The management of a rod and line and a commercial fishery; The effect of the competition of farmed salmon in the market place on the present state of Commercial salmon fisheries; Salmon farming and the future of Atlantic salmon; The potential impact of fish culture on wild stocks of Atlantic salmon in Scotland; The data on salmon catches available for analysis in Norway; The data avilable for analysis on the Irish salmon stock; An evaluation of the data available to assess Scottish salmon stocks; Is there a basis here for prediction?; Salmon population studies based upon Scottish catch statistics - statistical considerations; Summary.