How proactive salmon conservation can deliver global benefits
A new study examines the “stronghold strategy”—an ambitious plan to protect food security, biodiversity, and climate resilience through salmon rivers.
Science Initiatives
Science Initiatives
Our Science program conducts research and draws together the best available information, so that we and our partners can best conserve and sustainably use the North Pacific’s wild salmon ecosystems. We take a networked approach to science, collaborating with scientists, institutions, nonprofit partners, and citizens around the Pacific Rim.
Learn about our recent projects and the implications for wild salmon.
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As America reckons with dams, Mongolian scientists take note
Lessons from the West could help inform a more fish-friendly future for Mongolia.
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Hot Water: A Conversation with Dr. Jonathan Armstrong
The Wild Salmon Center Science Advisor wants change the way we think about “winning” salmon rivers.
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Skeena steelhead are having a good year. What does that mean?
“We’re happy that returns are strong,” says Greg Knox, Executive Director of SkeenaWild. “But one year doesn’t make a trend.”
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Salmon Futures: A Conversation with Dr. Jonathan Moore
A Wild Salmon Center Science Advisor on how we can help salmon find their path in a changing world.
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Wild Fry: A Conversation with Dr. Stephanie Carlson
Wild Salmon Center’s Science Advisory Board member has a fresh(water) take on salmon survival strategies.
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Artificial Intelligence, Meet Indigenous Fishing Technology
With First Nations and other key partners, Wild Salmon Center launches “Salmon Vision” to track fish returns in real-time.
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Salmon Need Cold Water. We’re Tracking It Across Continents.
From Oregon’s North Coast to Mongolia, our thermal detectives are out in rivers, searching out cold spots. What they’re finding is both sobering and hopeful.
