HELSINKI COMMISSION

Baltic Marine Environment Protection Commission

     
     
HELCOM RECOMMENDATION 19/2

PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE WILD SALMON*(Salmo salar L.)
POPULATIONS IN THE BALTIC SEA AREA

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* A wild Baltic salmon is defined as an offspring of naturally spawning salmon, having spent its entire life in the wild.           

Definitions by IBSFC:      

1) River release     

Release of smolt and earlier Salmon life stages in rivers and river mouths     

2) Coastal release      

Release of smolts into coastal waters      

3) Delayed release      

Release of smolts kept in cages in the sea for some period before they are released

     
Adopted 26 March 1998
having regard to Article 13, Paragraph b)
of the Helsinki Convention