Abstract
Detailed avoidance reactions of adult migrating salmon to a mobile survey vessel were successfully observed with side-looking dual-frequency identification sonar (DIDSON) in the lower Fraser River (British Columbia, Canada). Both adult sockeye ( Oncorhynchus nerka ) and pink salmon ( Oncorhynchus gorbuscha ) returning to the river were found to avoid the approaching vessel by initiating lateral movements away from the vessel, making the fish unlikely to be insonified by the downward-looking transducers towed by the vessel. The vessel was found to have an estimated mean interference range of 4 m from its propeller. Analyses of the data concluded that once the vessel and fish were separated by more than 7 m, the vessel no longer affected the normal migration behaviour of the fish.
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