Collecting the Evidence
Working Together to Establish an Evidence Base
The Problem
The wild Atlantic salmon is in crisis! The number of salmon returning to their spawning grounds has fallen dramatically since the 1970s and wild Atlantic salmon could be lost from many of our rivers within our lifetime if we don’t act now.
The Causes
Atlantic salmon face a number of pressures throughout their lives in freshwater and in the marine environment. Some point the finger at a changing marine environment, exacerbated by climate change although recent studies are providing evidence that many fish are still being lost in freshwater and the coastal zone.
Effective Action
There is an urgent requirement to collaborate to place these findings into a framework to allow action to be taken to reverse the decline in wild Atlantic salmon populations. We aim to build an evidence-base to influence national decision makers.