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ADIPOSE-FIN CLIPPING [1 record]

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Record 1 2021-03-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aquaculture
CONT

Traditionally, an adipose fin clip was used to externally mark salmon and steelhead tagged with a coded wire tag so that these fish were readily identifiable upon adult recapture … More recently, the use of the adipose fin clip has been expanded to allow for selective fisheries, where marked fish, typically of hatchery origin, are selectively harvested while unmarked fish are released …

French

Domaine(s)
  • Aquaculture
DEF

Méthode de marquage des poissons, surtout des salmonidés, par l'enlèvement de la nageoire adipeuse.

Spanish

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