River Minho – 2019

Study type: Radio
Listening stations deployed: 2
(complemented with manual tracking)
Tagged smolts: 35 (25 wild & 10 naturalised*)
Succeeded: 17 (12 wild & 5 naturalised*)

* Naturalised fish were born in a hatchery environment but were released to the upper reaches of the river as young juveniles.

Survival rates (%) 
Overall survival = Number of survivors / Total number of released fish * 100
Section survival = Fish that reached the end of the section / Fish that entered the section * 100

Study area
Red dots represent listening stations
Red flags represent release sites

River Minho – 2018

Study type: Acoustic
Listening stations deployed: 13
Tagged smolts: 70 (22 wild & 48 hatchery)
Succeeded: 21 (8 wild & 13 hatchery)

Survival rates (%) 
Overall survival = Number of survivors / Total number of released fish * 100
Section survival = Fish that reached the end of the section / Fish that entered the section * 100

Study area
Red dots represent listening stations
Red flags represent release sites

River Minho – 2017

Study type: Acoustic
Listening stations deployed: 8
Tagged smolts: 50
Succeeded: 27

Survival rates (%) 
Overall survival = Number of survivors / Total number of released fish * 100
Section survival = Fish that reached the end of the section / Fish that entered the section * 100

Study area
Red dots represent listening stations
Red flags represent release sites