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Table 1

Number (N), length (cm), and weight (g) of wild fish identified inside seven different sea-cages stocked with farmed Atlantic salmon. The same measurements for the farmed salmon are also included. The date of stocking with farmed salmon and duration of the period from stocking to sampling for wild fish, the size of the farmed salmon smolts at stocking, and number of net replacements are given in the table. Information about mesh size are given in the material and methods.

Cage no. Stocking date and duration Smolt size at stocking Number of net changes Parameter Farmed Atlantic salmon Trout Eel Whiting Haddock Cod Saithe Pollack Hake
1 16.08.2012 62 g 6 N 788   2            
  406 days     Length 63.3 ± 10.6   60.5 ± 3.5            
        Weight 3608.7 ± 1615   NA            
2 30.05.2013 105 g 14 N 515 2              
  980 days     Length 90.1 ± 13.4 35 ± 0.7              
        Weight 10422.6 ± 4802.8 410 ± 7.1              
3 30.05.2013 114 g 9 N 138 1              
  986 days     Length ∼90 44.5              
        Weight ∼10000 994              
4 16.06.2015 150 g 1 N 295     61 26        
  164 days     Length 44.0 ± 3.07     20.7 ± 1.3 17.6 ± 1.5        
        Weight 1151 ± 235     73.9 ± 15.1 58.5 ± 17.4        
5 16.06.2015 150 g 1 N 311     542 77 5      
  164 days     Length 42.4 ± 4.01     21.4 ± 1.4 16.1 ± 2.0 13.7 ± 0.4      
        Weight 903 ± 272     78.9 ± 18.1 42.5 ± 12.9 26.0 ± 5.5      
6 06.01.2016 200 g 0 N 440     3 33        
  590 days     Length 71.04 ± 5.85     31.0 ± 0.97 27.6 ± 0.29        
        Weight 5169.26 ± 1335.20     298.3 ± 29.4 262.6 ± 8.9        
7* 01.06.2017 112 g 0 N 1695 5   1196 1115 46 23 15 2
  82 days     Length 35.5 ± 2.53 17.0 ± 0.6   15.0 ± 0.2 15.0 ± 0.2 13.6 ± 0.3 15.8 ± 0.4 13.4 ± 0.6 15.6 ± 1.2
        Weight 559 ± 127 54.6 ± 17.4   31.0 ± 1.1 34.9 ± 1.1 23.4 ± 2.0 48 ± 2.6 21.9 ± 3.5 29 ± 8.1
*

Cage number 7 had 24 h artificial light in addition to the natural light.

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