Évaluation des possibles effets génétiques directs du projet de création de nouveaux sites d'aquaculture de saumon de l'Atlantique (Salmo salar) dans le sud de Terre­Neuve­et­Labrador

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Language of the publication
French
Date
2022
Type
Report
Author(s)
  • Bradbury, Ian
  • Duffy, Steve
  • Lehnert, Sarah
  • Johannsson, Ragnar
  • Fridriksson Jon Hlodver
  • Castellani, Marco
  • Burgetz, Ingrid
  • Sylvester, Emma
  • Messmer, Amber
  • Kelly, Nicholas
  • Fleming, Ian
Publisher
Pêches et océans, Secrétariat canadien des avis scientifiques

Abstract

In 2019 a proponent applied for aquaculture licenses at various sites located on the south coast of Newfoundland and the request was referred to DFO for siting advice including examination of the potential for genetic interactions with wild Atlantic salmon. Here we examine the potential genetic interactions resulting from the proposed finfish expansion involving thirteen sites (1M individuals/site) in southern Newfoundland using a combination of empirical data, and both individual-based and dispersal modeling. We use an eco-genetic individual-based Atlantic salmon model (IBSEM) parameterized for southern Newfoundland populations, with regional environmental data and field-based estimates of aquaculture parr survival, to explore how the proportion of escapees relative to the size of wild populations influences genetic and demographic change in the wild. Our simulations suggest that both demographic decline and genetic change are predicted when the proportion of escapees relative to wild population size exceeds 10% annually. The occurrence of escapees in southern Newfoundland rivers (estimated population size ~22,000 individuals), both at present and under the proposed expansion scenario were predicted using river and site locations, simple models of dispersal for early and late escapees, and the best available data from Canada and Europe. Model predictions of escapee dispersal suggest that under the present regime, rivers characterized by the largest proportion of escapees relative to wild population size are located in the head of Fortune Bay and Bay d’Espoir (19 rivers total > 10% escapees, max 15.6%) consistent with recent empirical evidence of escapees and hybridization. Under the proposed expansion, the number of escapees in southern Newfoundland rivers is predicted to increase by 49% (1.5X) and the rivers characterized by the greatest proportion of escapees relative to wild population size are predicted to occur in the Bay d’Espoir area (20 rivers total >10% escapees, max 24%).

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1 online resource (iv, 24 pages) : maps, charts

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  • Nature and environment,
  • Water

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iv, 24 pages

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Government document number
Fs70-5/2019-074F-PDF
ISBN
9780660386256
ISSN
2292-4272

Report

Report no.
2019/074
Series title
Document de recherche (Secrétariat canadien des avis scientifiques)

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Bradbury, I., Duffy, S., Lehnert, S., Johannsson, R., Hlodver Fridriksson, J., Castellani, M., Burgetz, I., Sylvester, E., Messmer, A., Kelly, N., et Fleming, I. 2022. Évaluation des possibles effets génétiques directs du projet de création de nouveaux sites d’aquaculture de saumon de l’Atlantique (Salmo salar) dans le sud de Terre­Neuve­et­Labrador. Secr. can. de consult. sci. du MPO, Doc. de rech. 2019/074. iv + 24 p.

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