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smolt Definition

smolt (smōlt)

noun

a young salmon when it first leaves fresh water and descends to the sea

Etymology: LME (Scot): prob. akin to smelt

smolt Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • migrate: The main life stages of the salmon considered to be placed at risk were returning adults and migrating smolts.
  • spawn: Protection of Young and Breeding Fish Taking, etc. , spawn, smolts or fry of salmon or trout.
  • produce: The quality of the smolts produced will also be improved through the installation of new water treatment and heating equipment.
  • become: Parr typically remain in rivers for up to 2 years before becoming smolt and migrating to the sea.

Adjective modifier

  • 2-year: The first migration consists mainly of 2-year smolts with a smaller number of 3-year smolts.
  • wild: Its experimental facilities allow trapping and counting of wild salmon smolts ( juveniles ) migrating to sea and adults returning to freshwater to spawn.
  • live: An example of this might be the introduction of ISA through the import of live smolts from Norway.

Modifies a noun

  • producer: Whether as a result independent smolt producers would exit the market.
  • migration: Clearance of in stream obstructions likely to affect adult and smolt migration.
  • production: The CC therefore considered the effects of the proposed merger on the markets for: smolt production; salmon feed; and salmon farming.
  • run: This device allows us to catch part of the smolt run.
  • market: The CC therefore found no adverse effects in the smolt market.
  • survival: So the recent challenge has been to design a project that will answer the question posed by poor smolt survival.

Noun used with modifier

  • salmon: The lice also attack and kill young salmon smolts as they return to the sea from the estuaries.
  • post: However, the pelagic herring and mackerel fisheries, which exist off the coast of Scotland, may impact on the post smolts.