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A compilation of fisheries literature related to the River Erriff system including published scientific papers and reports are listed below.

Scientific and fisheries management publications

2010–present

Gargan, P.G., Shephard, S. and MacIntyre, C. (2017). Assessment of the increased mortality risk and population regulating effect of sea lice (Lepeophtheirus salmonis L.) from marine salmon farms on wild sea trout in Ireland and Scotland. (in press)

Millane, M., Shephard, S., White, J., O’Maoileidigh, N., O’Higgins, K., O’Malley, P., Roche, W., Poole, R., Rogan, G., Bond, N. and Gargan, P. (2017). Estimating salmonid angling exploitation rates from systems monitored by fish counters, and potential application to fisheries management in Ireland. Proceedings of Second International Sea Trout Symposium, Dundalk, October 2015 (in press).

Gargan, P.G., Kelly, F.L., Shephard, S. and Whelan, K.F. (2016). Temporal changes in sea trout (Salmo trutta L.) life history trait variation in the Erriff River, Western Ireland. Aquaculture Environment Interactions (in press).

Shephard, S., MacIntyre, C. and Gargan, P.G. (2016). Aquaculture and environmental drivers of salmon lice Lepeophtheirus salmonis infestation and body condition in sea trout (Salmo trutta L.). Aquaculture Environment Interactions 8:597–610.
http://www.int-res.com/articles/aei2016/8/q008p597.pdf

De Eyto, E., White, J., Boylan, P., Clarke, B., Cotter, D., Doherty, D., Gargan, P., Kennedy, R., McGinnity, P., Ó Maoiléidigh, N. and O’Higgins, K. (2015). The fecundity of wild Irish Atlantic salmon Salmo salar L. and its application for stock assessment purposes. Fisheries Research 164:159–169.
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Philip_Mcginnity/publication/270007843_The_fecundity_of_wild_Irish_Atlantic_salmon_Salmo_salar_L._and_its_application_for_stock_assessment_purposes/links/5527eb190cf2e089a3a215d9.pdf

Thorstad, E.B., Todd, C.D., Uglem, I., Bjørn, P.A., Gargan, P.G., Vollset, K.W., Halttunen, E., Kålås, S., Berg, M. and Finstad, B. (2015). Effects of salmon lice Lepeophtheirus salmonis on wild sea trout Salmo trutta—a literature review. Aquaculture environment interactions 7: 91–113
http://www.int-res.com/articles/aei2015/7/q007p091.pdf

Gargan, P.G., Forde, G., Hazon, N., Russell, D.J.F. and Todd, C.D. (2012). Evidence for sea lice-induced marine mortality of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) in western Ireland from experimental releases of ranched smolts treated with emamectin benzoate. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 69(2):343–353.

Krkosek, M., Revie, C.W., Gargan, P.G., Skilbrei, O.T., Finstad, B. and Todd, C.D. (2012). Impact of parasites on salmon recruitment in the Northeast Atlantic Ocean. Proceeding of the Royal Society B 20122359 .http://dx. doi.org/10.1098/rspb. 2012.2359
http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/royprsb/280/1750/20122359.full.pdf

Finstad, B., Bjorn, P.A., Todd, C.D., Whoriskey, F., Gargan, P.G., Forde, G. and Revie, C.W. (2010). The Effects of Sea Lice on Atlantic Salmon and other Salmonid Species. In: Atlantic Salmon Ecology (Aas, Ø., Einum, S., Klemetsen, A. and Skurdal, J. Eds). Wiley-Blackwell, pp. 253–276.

Wild Salmon and Sea Trout Statistics. Inland Fisheries Ireland (2010-2016). Various pp. http://www.fisheriesireland.ie/Salmon-Management/wild-salmon-and-sea-trout-statistics.html

2000–2009

Lice on salmon

Gargan, P., Poole, R. and Forde, G. (2006). A Review of the Status of Irish Sea Trout Stocks. In: Sea Trout: Biology, Conservation and Management. Proceedings of First International Sea Trout Symposium, Cardiff, July 2004. (Harris, G.S. and Milner, N.J., Eds). Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford, pp. 25–44. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/9780470996027.fmatter/pdf

Gargan, P.G., Roche, W.K., Forde, G.P. and Ferguson, A. (2006). Characteristics of sea trout (Salmo trutta L.) stocks from the Owengowla and Invermore Fisheries, Western Ireland, and Recent Trends in Marine Survival. In: Sea Trout: Biology, Conservation and Management. Proceedings of First International Sea Trout Symposium, Cardiff, July 2004. (Harris, G.S. and Milner, N.J., Eds). Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford, pp. 60–75.
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/9780470996027.fmatter/pdf

Gargan, P.G., Tully, O. and Poole, R. (2003). The Relationship Between Sea Lice Infestation, Sea Lice Production And Sea Trout Survival In Ireland, 1992-2001. In: Salmon on the Edge (Mills, D., Ed.). Blackwell Science, Oxford, UK, pp. 119–135.

Poole, W.R., Byrne, C.J., Dillane, M.G., Whelan, K.F. and Gargan, P.G. (2002). The Irish Sea Trout Enhancement Programme: A Review of the broodstock and ova production programmes. Fisheries Management and Ecology 9:1–14.

Gargan, P., Stafford, J. and Ó'Maoiléidigh, N. (2001). The Relationship between Salmon Rod Catch, Stock Size, Rod Exploitation and Rod Effort on The Erriff Fishery, Western Ireland. In: The Interpretation of Rod and Net Catch Data. (Shelton, R., Ed.). The Atlantic Salmon Trust, Pitlochry, pp. 68–75.
http://www.environmentdata.org/download/file/ast:83/ast:83/1/0/OBJ/PDF/NA

Gargan, P.G. (2000). The impact of the salmon louse (Lepeophtheirus salmonis) on wild salmonids in Europe and recommendations for effective management of sea lice on marine salmon farms. In: Aquaculture and the Protection of Wild Salmon Workshop Proceedings, July 2000 (Gallaugher, P. and Orr,C., Eds). Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. pp. 37–46.

Wild Salmon and Sea Trout Statistics. Central Fisheries Board (2001-2009). Various pp. http://www.fisheriesireland.ie/Salmon-Management/wild-salmon-and-sea-trout-statistics.html

1989 to 1999

Tully, O., Gargan, P.G., Poole, W.R. and Whelan, K.F. (1999). Spatial and temporal variation in the infestation of sea trout (Salmo trutta L.) by the caligid copepod Lepeophtheirus salmonis (Kroyer) in relation to sources of infestation in Ireland. Parasitology 119:41–51.

Costelloe, M., Costelloe, J., Coghlan, N., O'Donohoe, G. and O'Connor, B. (1998). Distribution of the larval stages of Lepeophtheirus salmonis in three bays on the west coast of Ireland. ICES Journal of Marine Science 55(2):181–187.
http://icesjms.oxfordjournals.org/content/55/2/181.full.pdf

Gargan, P.G. (1997). The Irish Sea Trout Problem, Progress To Date. The Salmon Net, No. 28 Autumn 1997, pp. 83–85.

Gargan, P., Poole, R., Tully, O. and Forde, G. (1997). Recaptures of marked sea trout distant from their natal systems in western Ireland. In: Report on the Workshop on the Interactions between Salmon Lice and Salmonids (McVicar, A.H., Ed.), Appendix 62. Edinburgh, UK, November 1996. ICES CM/M: 4 Ref.: F. http://www.ices.dk/sites/pub/Publication%20Reports/Expert%20Group%20Report/Anadromous%20and%20Catadromous%20Fish%20Committee/1997/1997_M4.pdf

Gargan, P.G., Whelan, K.F. and Whelan, B.J. (1997). An illustrative grilse survival model for an Irish salmon fishery. In: Recreational Fisheries - Social, Economic and Management Aspects (Hickley, P. and Tompkins, H., Eds) FAO/EIFAC Fishing News Books, pp. 106-115.

O’Farrell, M.M., Whelan, K.F., Poole, R., Gargan, P., Peirce, R.P., Moore, T, and Lubberhuizen, J. (1993). Western Ireland Migratory Trout (Salmo trutta): Smolt Production, Characteristics and Timing of Migration. ICES CM 1993/M:52.
http://www.ices.dk/sites/pub/CM%20Doccuments/1993/M/1993_M52.pdf

Tully, O., Poole, W.R. and Whelan, K.F. (1993). Infestation parameters for Lepeophtheirus salmonis (Kroyer) (Copepoda: Caligidae) parasitic on sea trout, Salmo trutta L., off the west coast of Ireland during 1990 and 1991. Aquaculture Research 24(4):545–555.

O’Farrell, M.M., Whelan, K.F., Joyce, T. and Whelan, B.J. (1990). The performance of the River Erriff salmon fisheries. Proceedings of the Institute of Fisheries Management 20th Annual Study Course, pp. 129–48.

O'Farrell, M.M., Whelan, K.F. and Whelan, B.J. (1989). A preliminary appraisal of the fecundity of migratory trout (Salmo trutta) in the Erriff Catchment, western Ireland. Polish Archives of Hydrobiology 36(2):273–81.