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FISHERIES MANAGEMENT AND ECOLOGY
Volume 11, Issue 1, Pages 15-22Publisher
BLACKWELL PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2400.2004.00349.x
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natural and artificial spawning grounds; Salmo trutta; Sweden
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Characteristics of the natural spawning habitat of sea trout, Salmo trutta L., were studied in Sjalsoan, a small stream of Gotland, Sweden, from 1992 to 1999. Each year, trout spawned on 17 +/- 7 different areas (156 places ha(-1)). Most of the spawning grounds were used every year. Overcutting was evident for at least 60% of the spawning grounds. Fish spawned on a gravel of 19 +/- 7 mm in diameter. From 1978 to 1992, 242 artificial spawning grounds were constructed by the Gotland Sport Fishermen Association in four Gotland streams. A sediment trap was dug upstream to the spawning grounds. The artificial spawning ground comprised of a downstream V-shape stream deflector of large stones with a log weir at the narrowest point of the deflector. Upstream of the dam, 15-60 mm diameter gravel was deposited to constitute the spawning ground substratum. To keep the installation efficient, maintenance is needed every year before the spawning season.
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