Science of salmon stocking: report

The Science of Stocking report "scientific considerations in stocking policy development for river managers Scottish marine and freshwater science Vol 14 No 3" brings together the science behind the various considerations needed to be taken prior to and following stocking, with a view to aiding design of salmon management strategies that balance risks and benefits within a broad policy framework.


Appendix 1: Reference list for risks and impacts associated with stocking

Hatchery

Issue: Broodstock collection

References: (Ryman and Ståhl, 1980; Ryman, 1981; Utter et al., 1989; Unwin and Glova, 1997; Wedekind, 2002; Was and Wenne, 2003; Vasemagi et al., 2005; Williamson and May, 2005; Aho et al., 2006; Neff et al., 2008; Christie et al., 2012b; Anderson et al., 2013; Tillotson et al., 2019; Östergren et al., 2021)

Issue: Use of non-native stocks

References: (Garcia de Leaniz and Verspoor, 1989; Fritzner et al., 2001; Ruzzante et al., 2001; Schroeder et al., 2001; Garcia de Leaniz et al., 2007)

Issue: Domestication

References: (Swain and Riddell, 1990; Largiadèr and Scholl, 1995; Ryman et al., 1995; Johnsson et al., 1996; Fleming and Einum, 1997; Waples, 1999; Lynch and O'Hely, 2001; Sundström and Johnsson, 2001; Ford, 2002; Kostow et al., 2003; Berejikian and Ford, 2004; Glover et al., 2004; Araki et al., 2007; Araki et al., 2008; Blanchet et al., 2008; Chittenden et al., 2008; Frankham, 2008; Fraser, 2008; Araki et al., 2009; Araki and Schmid, 2010; Chittenden et al., 2010; Thériault et al., 2010; Henderson and Letcher, 2011; Thériault et al., 2011; Christie et al., 2012a; Milot et al., 2013; Christie et al., 2014; Evans et al., 2014; Zimmerman et al., 2015; Berejikian et al., 2016; Christie et al., 2016; Berejikian and Van Doornik, 2018; Pinter et al., 2019; Tillotson et al., 2019)

Issue: Introduction of escaped farmed fish into broodstock

References: (Gausen, 1988; Thorpe and Stradmeyer, 1995; Glover et al., 2017; Castellani et al., 2018; Skaala et al., 2019; Glover et al., 2020)

Issue: Hatchery adaptation

References: (Le Luyer et al., 2017; Rodriguez Barreto et al., 2019)

Issue: Hatchery conditioning

References: (Vincent, 1960; Norman, 1987; McDonald et al., 1998; Berejikian et al., 2000; Metcalfe et al., 2003; Kostow, 2004; McGinnity et al., 2004; Jonsson and Jonsson, 2006; Blanchet et al., 2008; Hawkins et al., 2008; Chittenden et al., 2010; Kallio-Nyberg et al., 2011; Berejikian et al., 2016)

Issue: Loss of resilience

References: (Araki et al., 2008; McGinnity et al., 2009; Sgrò et al., 2011; Tillotson et al., 2019)

Environmental

Issue: Competition

References: (Wahl et al., 1995; Beamish et al., 1997; Pearsons and Hopley, 1999; Hilborn and Eggers, 2000; Levin et al., 2001; Vasemägi et al., 2001; Kostow et al., 2003; Amoroso et al., 2017)

Issue: Displacement

References: (Altukhov, 1981; Hindar et al., 1991; Galbreath et al., 2001; Marzano et al., 2003)

Issue: Hybridisation (hatchery/wild)

References: (Hindar et al., 1991; Waples, 1991; Busack, 1995; Campton, 1995; Leary, 1995; Skaala et al., 1996; García-Marín et al., 1998; Cagigas et al., 1999; Machordom et al., 1999; Palm and Ryman, 1999; Machordom et al., 2000; Hansen et al., 2001; King et al., 2001; Mezzera and Largiadèr, 2001a; Mezzera and Largiadèr, 2001b; Marzano et al., 2003; Araki et al., 2009; Jasper et al., 2013)

Issue: Hybridisation (inter-species)

References: (Verspoor, 1988; Garcia de Leaniz and Verspoor, 1989; Leary, 1995)

Issue: Immunocompromisation

References: (Currens et al., 1997)

Issue: Enhanced straying

References: (Jonsson et al., 1991a; Quinn, 1993; Cagigas et al., 1999; Jonsson et al., 2003; Clarke et al., 2011; Brenner et al., 2012; Keefer and Caudill, 2014)

Issue: Enhanced predation

References: (Kennedy and Greek, 1988; Collis et al., 1995; Johnsson et al., 1996; Shively et al., 1996; Pearsons and Hopley, 1999; Walter et al., 2005; Henderson and Letcher, 2011)

Issue: Introduction of parasites/pathogens

References: (Johnsen and Jensen, 1986; Elliott et al., 1997)

Anthropological

Issue: Overharvest

References: (Wright, 1981; Hilborn, 1985; Hindar et al., 1991; Laikre and Ryman, 1996; Beamish et al., 1997; Unwin and Glova, 1997)

Issue: Sociological impacts

References: (White et al., 1995; Holling and Meffe, 1996; Burton and Tegner, 2000; Landres et al., 2001; Holmlund and Hammer, 2004)

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