Monitoring salmon and sea trout in the Tornio River

Country

Finland

Media sampled/studied/modelled

Freshwater fish

Regions studied

Parameter groups measured/observed/modelled

Biological effects

Keywords

Updated 2018-10-15

Tornio River has endemic Baltic salmon and sea trout populations. Their monitoring is based on international obligations to secure biodiversity. The project comprises of long term data of the species’ juvenile production and amounts of migrant individuals.

This is not a National Implementation Plan (NIP) project

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Status: Ongoing
Project time span: 1996 -
Data collection: 1996 -
Data processing: 1996 -
Data reporting: not specified

Contact information

Contact person

Atso Rommakkaniemi

Address

Natural Resource Institute Finland

Paavo Havaksen tie 3, 90014 Oulu

Phone

+35820 575 1416

Email

if.ekul@emantsal.emantsrif

Parameters and Media

Parameter groups measured/observed/modelled

Biological effects

Media sampled/studied/modelled

Freshwater fish

Additional information or further specification of types of data / information collected, species / tissues / organs sampled, etc.

numbers of juvenile and migratory individuals, reproduction potential.

Geography

Regions studied: Biological effects; Biological effects; Biological effects
Stations or areas where observations are made: The Tornio River

Data availability

Are data archived or planned to be archived at an AMAP Thematic Data Centre?: No
If no (or only part of data are reported to a TDC), where and how are (other) data stored?: Data is stored by Natural Resource Institute Finland (Luke)
References to key publications (or planned publications) and data reports: Vähä, V., Romakkaniemi, A., Ankkuriniemi, M., Pulkkinen, K. & Keinänen, M. 2010. Lohi- ja meritaimenkantojen seuranta Tornionjoen vesistössä 2010. Riista ja kalatalous - selvityksiä. 3/2011. Abstract in English.

Samples/specimens archived in specimen banks?: No

Methods & Procedures

Procedures and methodology used for, e.g., sampling and sample storage, sample pretreatment, extraction and analysis, including which laboratories are involved, references to methods employed, etc.: - Catch statistics: public survey - Densities of juvenile fish: electrofishing - Catch samples from fishers - Reproduction: fyke sampling

Additional Information

Is this a bi- AND multi-lateral project (i.e. a project involving cooperation between different countries)?: Yes
Other institutes involved in the project: The Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management Box 11930, SE-404 39 Göteborg, Sweden
Is this project reporting to other organizations/programmes?: Working Group on Baltic Salmon and Trout International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) H. C. Andersens Boulevard 44-46 DK-1553 Copenhagen Denmark Finnish-Swedish Frontier Rivers Commission Box 125 SE-953 23 Haparanda Sweden
Other related projects: Fish catch monitoring in Lake Inarijärvi