Environmental conditions and predators affect Atlantic salmon survival in the Gulf of Maine
Posted by ScienceDaily: Oceanography News on 17 November, 2011
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Atlantic salmon face new challenges in the Gulf of Maine, where changing spring wind patterns, warming ocean temperatures and new predators along migration routes are affecting their survival. Maine is now the only state in the region with wild Atlantic salmon populations. While increasing numbers of smolts are entering the ocean via the Gulf of Maine, few are returning, raising questions as to where these fish are going and what is happening to them at sea....