Title: Preliminary assessment of the ability of Restormel fish counter to enumerate the passage of migratory salmonids on the River Fowey : Cornwall Area Fisheries Science Team
Author: Environment Agency South West Region
Document Type: Monograph
Annotation: EA additional title info: September 1998
Abstract:
The following report presents the results of the validation study performed on Restormel fish counter (SX 107 613) in 1997. The aim of this work was to assess the counters ability to accurately count migrating adult salmon (Salmo salar, L) and sea trout (Salmo trutta, L) and establish a means by which to distinguish between the two species. The validation of Restormel fish counter is necessary for three principle reasons: To obtain an estimate of the counters current and historical operating efficiency that will enable accurate interpretation of counter data collected over the last four years; To enable modifications, if necessary, to the current operational set-up of the counter to improve the level of counting efficiency; To provide an independent, accurate assessment of the salmon and sea trout runs on the River Fowey to support fishery management decisions.
Publisher: Environment Agency
Publication Date: 1998
Publication Place: Dorset
Subject Keywords: Fish migration; Salmonidae; Diadromous fishes; Fish counters; Efficiency; Methodology
Geographic Keywords: Restormel; Fowey (river); North Cornwall, Seaton, Looe and Fowey catchment
Extent: 20
Permalink: http://www.environmentdata.org/archive/ealit:658
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