smolt
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
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