Does movement strategy impact survival and growth of individual brook trout?
The iconic brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) has suffered from the impacts of habitat degradation, competition with non-native species and population fragmentation throughout its range during recent decades. Small streams on the northeast Atlantic coast historically have represented important habitat for sea-run brook trout. In spite of being sought after by anglers, the current status and presence (or absence) of anadromous populations are largely unknown for most New England waters. Spurred on by the Eastern Brook Trout Joint Venture, state and federal resource management agencies have become increasingly concerned over the presumed general trend of population declines for coastal brook trout. There is, however, a troubling lack of management programs currently in place that can evaluate and track the status of anadromous brook trout or to recommend management actions (i.e., harvesting levels and seasons, habitat protection and restoration, collaborative research and monitoring, et
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