About the project

The project ‘pink salmon in Sweden’ is financed through the Swedish Research Council FORMAS during 2023-2024.

The project aims to:

1. Give an overall picture of the distribution of spawning pink salmon on the Swedish west coast using a relatively new method called environmental DNA (eDNA). With eDNA, you can use a water sample to see which fish are in a river and whether they are relatively few or many.
   
   
2. Determine spawning success by examining whether there are any pink salmon fry in selected rivers.
   
   
3. Increase public awareness and reporting of pink salmon

The new knowledge generated in the project will help develop proposals for future monitoring programs for pink salmon.

Download the map showing the 27 rivers that SLU will sample for eDNA for pink salmon.

The project is carried out in collaboration with The County Administrative Board in Halland, The County Administrative Board in Västra Götaland, The County Administrative Board in Skåne, Mix Research Sweden och NINA (Norwegian Institute for Nature Research).