This project is providing important information about the wild production of Chinook salmon in the Salmon River.

Other projects conducted around the Basin by agencies, universites and other partners are documenting wild reproduction of salmon and trout, and providing managers with other scientific knowledge needed to effectively manage this highly-valued diverse fishery.

Natural Reproduction of Chinook Salmon in the Salmon River, NY

Research Projects on Lake Ontario Salmon

The Salmon River Project is: Determining juvenile salmon distribution and abundance in various habitats by seining and trapping. Estimating adult abundance (creel census,hatchery and carcass counts) and identify spawning areas. Monitoring adult chinook salmon migration and juvenile salmon emigration using hydroacoustics. Mapping spawning areas and juvenile habitat using GIS to estimate total abundance of juvenile salmon.Comparing estimates of juvenile abundance based on hydroacoustics with estimates based on sampling and GIS modeling. Relating juvenile emigration rates to measured river discharge Associated Research Projects Seining Index Program conducted by Jim Johnson and Dan Bishop has documented increased presence of juvenile Chinook salmon since the minimum flows were implemented in 1996. Previous Projects on Salmonines in Lake Ontario by Ringler et al. Projects by USGS Tunison Laboratory of Aquatic Sciences   Other Projects on Lake Ontario Chinook Salmon Salmon in Lake Ontario by Mart Gross at the University of Toronto and others is studying several aspects of natural production of salmon on the Canadian side of Lake Ontario. The Lake Ontario salmon fishery website from Cornell University provides an overview of the status of several salmonines in Lake Ontario and links to several research projects. Spatial and Temporal Distribution of Juvenile Chinook Salmon in Nearshore Lake Ontario. Cornell University researchers studied the migration of salmon from the Salmon River in 2000-2002. New York Department of Environmental Conservation Lake Ontario Report Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources

Project Cooperators

New York
Department of Environmental Conservation