Newton, MatthewBarry, JamesLothian, AngusMain, Robert A.Honkanen, HanneleMcKelvey, Simon A.Thompson, PaulDavies, IanBrockie, NickStephen, AlastairO'Hara Murray, RoryGardiner, RossCampbell, LouiseStainer, PaulAdams, Colin2021-09-242021-09-242021-08Newton, M, Barry, J, Lothian, A, Main, R A, Honkanen, H, McKelvey, S A, Thompson, P, Davies, I, Brockie, N, Stephen, A, O'Hara Murray, R, Gardiner, R, Campbell, L, Stainer, P & Adams, C 2021, 'Counterintuitive active directional swimming behaviour by Atlantic salmon during seaward migration in the coastal zone', ICES Journal of Marine Science, vol. 78, no. 5, pp. 1730–1743. https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsab0241054-3139https://hdl.handle.net/2164/17147Acknowledgements We thank the Cromarty Firth District Salmon Fishery Board for logistical support and three anonymous referees who improved an earlier draft of this paper. Funding for this work came from Scottish & Southern Energy Renewables. We are grateful for the skills and expertise of Bill Ruck at Moray First Marine along with the crews of Marine Scotland Science vessels who were integral to the successful deployment and recovery of equipment. Some receivers were also made available from the Ocean Tracking Network (OTN) The data underlying this article will be shared on reasonable request to the corresponding author.14588455engSDG 14 - Life Below Wateranadromymarine dispersalmigration cuessalmonidQH301 BiologyGE Environmental SciencesSupplementary DataQH301GEJournal article10.1093/icesjms/fsab024785