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Salmon alter their habits to survive in fresh water
Woods Hole scientists report Atlantic salmon are abandoning sea migration to endure in rivers as finger-sized reproducts. Most males stay in fresh water and never reach ocean, shrinking the future catch and threatening commercial and sport fisheries. The Matamek River study shows drastic declines in returns and a shift toward small grilse, altering the gene pool.
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Robert Naiman
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Naiman
Matamek
Quebec
Sept-Iles
Gulf of St. Lawrence
New England
Atlantic Canada