| Abstract: | For three years the population size, rates of growth, standing stock, production and yield of all year classes of salmon and trout within three sections of a stream in Scotland were studied. Total salmon production as fresh weight per m2 was 6.5 g in 1966, 10.6 g in 1967 and 11.1 g in 1968, and total trout production was 10.3g in 1966, 12.3 g in 1967 and 7.7g in 1968. Fish of 0+ and 1+ year old provided usually more than 90% of the total annual salmon production and 80 % of the annual trout production. Yield of salmon smolts (about 9 cm or longer after 2 years growth) per m2 was 0.10 in 1966, 0.22 in 1967 and 0.15 in 1968. The smolt yield by weight was 29 % of the production of the 1966 year class of salmon and 16% of the 1967 year class. Numbers of trout of 9 cm or longer produced in the same time were higher and their weight was 60% of the total production of the 1966 year class and 32% of the 1967 year class. |
