Smolt definition

Smolt means a juvenile salmon or trout that is capable of initiating a seaward migration and is capable of living in the sea.
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Examples of Smolt in a sentence

  • Involved in several salmon recovery projects including the Hood Canal Steelhead Project, Lilliwaup Hatchery, Lilliwaup Creek Restoration Project, Hood Canal Summer Chum Recovery, Hamma Hamma Winter Steelhead Project, Hamma Hamma Chinook Conservancy Project, and Hamma Hamma Smolt Trap.

  • Smolt out-migration to the ocean typically occurs from April through June (Shapavalov and ▇▇▇▇ 1954).

  • Smolt outmigration from these and other streams in the area occurs from early April through late June.

  • ProdUSC >35 smolts/spawner Recruits per spawner NOR Catch, Escapement, Smolt abundance 3 N2 Habitat Capacity If and when recovery is achieved.

  • ADL 1-8 SH11.A7542 97-25 wln97-325227 Dec No. 97-26: Smolt Production and Harvest of Coho Salmon from the Situk River, 1992-1993.

  • Smolt Emigration Release: These are pulse releases generally made during a brief period between April and May.

  • CapUSC >99,000 smolts Abundance NOR Catch, Escapement, Smolt abundance 2 N3 Current Relative Fitness Number of hatchery fish transported upstream.

  • Last year, it was decided that smolts could be released directly into the river because the Woodland Smolt Recovery Ponds were not yet built.