2007 Ongoing Projects by Topic Area

Topic Area	Objective/Issue	Projects
Long-term monitoring	Time-series of marine survival/growth estimates e.g. essential on-going tagging/monitoring programmes	C3 E4 E7 E8 E9 E13 E15 E19 E21 E23 I1 N3 R1 U4
	Time series of marine survival in relation to environmental parameters (e.g. SST)	E10 I4 N8
Distribution/ migration in the sea Courtesy of Marine Institute, Ireland	Distribution of salmon in the sea e.g. marine surveys of post-smolt distribution; identification of fish caught	E18 N4 U5
	Migratory behaviour of individual fish e.g. active smolt tracking; use of data storage tags	C4 C5 C6 C7 E13 E20 I3 I5 I6 U1 U2 U3
	Origin of catches in directed fisheries e.g. genetic analysis and scale analysis	C8 C9 C10 D1 E6 E12 E16 E22 I7 N5
	Migration and bioenergetic models
	By-catches in pelagic fisheries e.g. sampling of commercial pelagic catches	R2
Life history/ biological processes Courtesy of Gilbert van Ryckevorsel	Freshwater factors e.g. age, growth, migration timing	E3
	Pre-fishery-recruitment marine factors e.g. environment, food, predation, growth, parasites and diseases	N1
	Post-fishery-recruitment marine factors e.g. environment, food, predation, maturation processes, growth	C1, E5
Development of methods Courtesy of Marine Institute, Ireland	Post-smolt survey methods e.g. development of trawls with cameras, tag detection
	Electronic tag technology e.g. development of smaller/smarter/cheaper tags	I2
Specific natural and anthropogenic factors Courtesy of SSPO, Scotland	Fish farms e.g. increased sea lice infestations	E17 N2 N6
	Predation e.g. predation in estuaries/coastal areas	E11 U6
	Obstructions to fish movements e.g. barrages	E1
	Pollutants e.g. acidification; freshwater contaminants	C2 E2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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