Report of the Workshop on Salmon Historical Information – New Investigations from old Tagging Data (WKSHINI)

Highlights: • An  update  of  information  from  historical  oceanic  tagging  and  recovery programmes in the format agreed at WKDUHSTI.• An updated database of tagging and tag recovery information which was established in WKDUHSTI.• Further development of testable hypotheses of salmon migration and be‐haviour in West and East Atlantic.• Testing these hypotheses using information compiled in WKDUHSTI and new information that were made available during the meeting.• The  information  was  used  to  describe  distribution  of  salmon  of  different origins and sea age in time and space and first attempts were made to as‐sess changes in the distribution over time and in relation to hydrographical factors.