Monitoring Facility Counts of Atlantic Salmon on Newfoundland and Labrador Rivers

Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO), in partnership with other government organizations, indigenous groups, and community stakeholders, monitor the migratory return of Atlantic salmon to rivers each season. In Newfoundland and Labrador, there are 15 management areas, known as Salmon Fishing Areas (SFAs), with over 400 rivers containing populations of spawning salmon. Each year, salmon populations are enumerated at monitoring facilities (counting fences or fishways) on several rivers throughout the province. Monitoring begins in April or May for the downstream smolt run and in June or July for the upstream adult run and varies in timing by year and river. Not all rivers are monitored annually and years with incomplete data are often attributable to environmental factors that delay or stop monitoring during a season (e.g. fence washout due to elevated water levels). Days with zero counts can be attributable to no fish and/or closures to the monitoring facility. While monitoring facilities are used primarily to count Atlantic salmon, other freshwater fish may also be enumerated if encountered. The counts from these monitoring facilities, in addition to angling information and other monitoring activities, provide information for estimating returns for the annual stock assessment, which is an important part of conservation and management of Atlantic salmon populations in Newfoundland and Labrador. This data contains information for Atlantic salmon only.

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Date ( RI_366 )
2025
Date ( RI_367 )
2025
RI_409
  Government of Canada; Fisheries and Oceans Canada; Science - Salmonids (Science Branch) - NL Region ( )
Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Centre, 80 East White Hills Road , St. John's , Newfoundland and Labrador , A1C 5X1 ,
Status
onGoing; enContinue RI_596
Maintenance and update frequency
annually; annuel RI_539
Government of Canada Core Subject Thesaurus Thésaurus des sujets de base du gouvernement du Canada ( RI_528 )
  • Sciences
  • Oceans
  • Freshwater fish
  • Rivers
  • Fisheries
  • Fisheries management
Classification
unclassified; nonClassifié RI_484
Use limitation
Open Government Licence - Canada (http://open.canada.ca/en/open-government-licence-canada)
Access constraints
license; licence RI_606
Use constraints
license; licence RI_606
Spatial representation type
vector; vecteur RI_635
Metadata language
eng; CAN
Character set
utf8; utf8 RI_458
Topic category
  • Biota
  • Environment
  • Geoscientific information
  • Inland waters
Begin date
2000
End date
2025
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https://epsg.io / EPSG:4326 /
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RI_412
  Government of Canada; Fisheries and Oceans Canada; Science - NL Science Data / Données Scientifiques TNL (DFO/MPO) ( )
Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Centre, 80 East White Hills Road , St. John's , Newfoundland and Labrador , A1C 5X1 ,
OnLine resource
Adult Counts ( HTTPS )

Dataset;CSV;eng,fra

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Smolt Counts ( HTTPS )

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Data Dictionary ( HTTPS )

Supporting Document;CSV;eng,fra

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River Codes - EN ( HTTPS )

Supporting Document;CSV;eng

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River Codes - FR ( HTTPS )

Supporting Document;CSV;fra

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FGB ( HTTPS )

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WMS ( ESRI REST: Map Service )

Web Service;WMS;eng

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WMS ( ESRI REST: Map Service )

Web Service;WMS;fra

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Metadata language
eng; CAN
Character set
utf8; utf8 RI_458
Hierarchy level
dataset; jeuDonnées RI_622
Date stamp
2026-03-06T15:25:16.4425Z
Metadata standard name
North American Profile of ISO 19115:2003 - Geographic information - Metadata
Metadata standard version
CAN/CGSB-171.100-2009
RI_414
  Government of Canada; Fisheries and Oceans Canada; Science - NL Science Data / Données Scientifiques TNL (DFO/MPO) ( )
Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Centre, 80 East White Hills Road , St. John's , Newfoundland and Labrador , A1C 5X1 ,
 
 

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