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The normal approach to management of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) is to develop stock-recruitment relationships. Target spawning criteria can be estimated from such relationships and a river system can be managed by allowing specified escapement to achieve the required ova deposition.
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Browne, J. (1988). The Use of Leslie Matrices to Assess the Salmon Population of the River Corrib. In: Mills, D., Piggins, D. (eds) Atlantic Salmon. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-1235-9_15
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