Protection, Restoration and Enhancement of Salmon Habitat

On the west coast of Sweden there are 23 rivers with Atlantic salmon populations. Several of these rivers are small, with catchments down to 30 km2 (Table 1, Figure 1). The largest two rivers (River Göta älv and River Lagan) only have salmon in tributaries, because of canalization for navigation and...

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Summary:On the west coast of Sweden there are 23 rivers with Atlantic salmon populations. Several of these rivers are small, with catchments down to 30 km2 (Table 1, Figure 1). The largest two rivers (River Göta älv and River Lagan) only have salmon in tributaries, because of canalization for navigation and hydropower development. These are the only populations that