Native Salmon in Champlain's Future?

popster · Post by **popster** » Thu Jan 26, 2017 5:45 pm

https://usfwsnortheast.wordpress.com/20 ... ve-salmon/

tamiron · Post by **tamiron** » Thu Jan 26, 2017 7:25 pm

Bill:

Great stuff. Thanks! / Jim

Wallyandre (Andre) · Post by **Wallyandre (Andre)** » Thu Jan 26, 2017 8:04 pm

Excellent reading Bill! Thanks!

digitroll (ron) · Post by **digitroll (ron)** » Fri Jan 27, 2017 5:12 am

Some very interesting research Bill. Thanks for posting. Native salmon a possible bright future!

Reelax · Post by **Reelax** » Fri Jan 27, 2017 5:40 am

Can you imagine our salmon having more energy? Wow. Nice article and research!!!

Thanks for posting Bill.

fishy1 · Post by **fishy1** » Fri Jan 27, 2017 5:42 am

a very good read and a promising future.

keithm87 · Post by **keithm87** » Fri Jan 27, 2017 8:16 am

Very interesting, I knew that alewives were a problem from the perspective that they out compete smelt, but had no idea that they had other major impacts. Good to see research being done to improve our fisheries!

Honest John · Post by **Honest John** » Fri Jan 27, 2017 2:50 pm

Correct me if I'm wrong, but none of the hatchery fish are of a native strain, right? I have heard legend of there still being a native strain of Lake Champlain Salmon running on the New York side. If our stocked fish bred naturally, would they then be considered "native"? Our stocked trout populations in rivers spawn to produce "wild" fish, but they wouldn't technically be native fish, would they?

BottomDollar · Post by **BottomDollar** » Fri Jan 27, 2017 10:16 pm

Honest John wrote:Correct me if I'm wrong, but none of the hatchery fish are of a native strain, right? I have heard legend of there still being a native strain of Lake Champlain Salmon running on the New York side. If our stocked fish bred naturally, would they then be considered "native"? Our stocked trout populations in rivers spawn to produce "wild" fish, but they wouldn't technically be native fish, would they?

I believe you're correct. To my knowledge they're all the Sebago strain. I'm not sure how the genetics diverge, but they're native to Sebago lake in Maine.

Gecha (Gerry) · Post by **Gecha (Gerry)** » Sat Jan 28, 2017 4:37 pm

Nice read Bill. Thanks for posting.

troutcrazy · Post by **troutcrazy** » Wed Mar 01, 2017 2:07 pm

I've been reading about smelt. It sounds like smelt have high levels of thiaminase enzyme, too, and in some places biologists are pointing to smelt as causing thiamine deficiency in salmonids. This suggests to me that the situation is more complicated than our current ideas of alewives replacing smelt as forage, and thereby causing thiamine deficiency in salmon. It sounds like smelt can cause the same deficiency. Any thoughts on this?

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