New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research abstracts

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Stranded redds of quinnat salmon in the Mathias River, South Island, New Zealand

S. P. Hawke

Fisheries Research Division, Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Private Bag, Christchurch, New Zealand

Abstract In May and June 1974 seven naturally made, stranded redds of quinnat salmon Oncorhynchus tshawytsha (Walbaum) were excavated. Ova numbers per redd varied from 2295 to 6510 and per egg pocket from 99 to 1608. Egg pocket depths varied from 18 cm to 43 cm. The ova were found to be healthy.

N.Z. Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 12(2): 167-71.
Received 14 July 1977; revision received 14 March 1978. Fisheries Research Division Publication 336.

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