IMIS - Marine Onderzoeksgroepen

This project aims to track the survival and outmigration patterns of salmon smolts in the intensely navigated area of the Dutch Delta during the spring of 2018. In early spring 2018 smolts will be obtained from the Roer (tributary river of the Meuse) and surgically equipped with V8-tags, followed by two days of monitoring wound healing and fitness in captivity. Afterwards the smolts will be transported downstream (passing 5 dams and a hydro power plant), acclimatized and released within the river Meuse , where tracking starts. Corresponding with the natural smolts run, receivers will be deployed from April until the end of June. This temporally installed network is composed of 30 receivers deployed in the Port of Rotterdam, Lake Haringvliet, Lake Hollands Diep and interconnected waterways.