The Girnock and Baddoch catchments are long-term monitoring sites where the population dynamics of spring salmon have been assessed since 1966 and 1988 respectively. These long-term monitoring sites consist of a pair of fixed traps designed to catch emigrating juvenile salmon and returning adults. Trap protocols were similar, although not identical, over the monitoring period.
Data and Resources
- Girnock and Baddoch: Adult Returns to the Trapscsv
The columns included are:
Year – Year that fish were caught in the...
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Publisher | |
| Modified | 2024-02-26 |
| Release Date | 2015-03-20 |
| Frequency | Annually |
| Identifier | 16578058-43ea-454f-853f-62079398b33a |
| Spatial / Geographical Coverage Location | Girnock and Baddoch catchments, Scotland |
| Temporal Coverage | 1966-01-01 |
| License | UK Open Government Licence (OGL) |
| Granularity | Annual |
| Author | |
| Data Dictionary | The numbers and sex of returning adult Atlantic salmon were recorded at the Girnock and Baddoch traps since 1966 and 1988 respectively. This dataset represents the outcome of a detailed validation and correction procedure carried out between 2013 and 2014, where the fate of individual fish was identified from historic paper records collected at the time of sampling and recorded in the MSS FishObs database. This dataset summarises the numbers of unique fish that returned to the traps in each year, but NOT the numbers of fish that contributed to production either through natural spawning or stocking. |
| Contact Name | Marine Scotland Science Enquiries |
| Contact Email | |
| Public Access Level | Public |