Jason Daniels

TL;DR: Long term, replicated studies at multiple sites using acoustically tagged smolts can provide empirical data to examine hypotheses of the location and timing of factors contributing to smolt and post-smolt mortality of salmon at sea.

TL;DR: Analysis of acoustic telemetry track data was used to differentiate movement patterns of tagged striped bass from those of Atlantic salmon smolts, which were known to not have been predated by striped bass over a 3-year period in the Miramichi River estuary.

TL;DR: This work employed a new predator tag technology in the first known field trial to understand the extent these tags could reduce predation bias in Atlantic salmon smolt migration through a 65-km zone beginning in freshwater and extending through an estuary.

TL;DR: The hatchery effect increased migration rate whereas short recovery times and captivity in a hatchery negatively affected survival, and migration speed was faster for hatchery smolts but is likely only due to their larger size.