Atlantic salmon from large Scottish east coast rivers - genetic stock identification: report

A report which investigates the potential to sample the genetic constitution of Atlantic salmon to work out which rivers they came from and whether it was possible to distinguish fish from among the large east coast rivers of Scotland.


Acknowledgements

This work was partly funded by Crown Estate Scotland as part of joint Crown Estate Scotland and Marine Scotland Priority Projects 2020/2021 Programme. Our thanks extend to the members of the steering group for this project: Ross Gardiner (MSS), Dr. Janelle Braithwaite (MSS), Fiona Simpson (Crown Estate Scotland) and Professor Colin Bean (NatureScot) for their valued contribution throughout the project.

Contact

Email: ScotMER@gov.scot

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