Department of Aquatic Resources

Förändringar på SLU Aqua

As of January 1, 2025, Noél Holmgren will take over the role as dean of the NJ faculty. This means that Sara Bergek will take on the role as temporary Head of Department at SLU Aqua. In the meantime,

SLU-forskare undersöker hur klimatet påverkar tillgången till näringsrik havsmat i sårbara regioner

How will climate change affect people's access to nutritious food from the ocean, especially those living in coastal areas and in small island nations? A research group from the Swedish University of

Reportage från forskarworkshopen i Lysekil

Join this year's researcher workshop in Lysekil, which was organized on 6 to 7 November. During this event all of SLU Aqua's researchers meet to jointly discuss how the department's research can be

Nya riktlinjer för avstämning av flex, komp och schablon

The management team at SLU Aqua has decided that we will resume our reconciliation of flex, comp and schablon. We are doing this because we will eventually get a new agreement and then we need to be

Ny forskning utmanar vedertagen teori om ”färre fiskar, större tillväxt”

Traditionally, as the number of fish in a stock increases the individual growth is expected to slow down due to increased competition for resources – an effect known as "negative density dependence".

Från Sevilla till Zagreb: Senaste nytt på kräftfronten

SLU Aqua actively contributes to the global efforts to conserve and utilize freshwater crayfish. Join our crayfish experts, Lennart Edsman and Patrik Bohman, as they participate in strategic meetings

Doktorspromotion 2024 SLU Aqua

Congratulations to SLU Aqua's Monica Mion and Stefan Skoglund, who participated in this year's doctoral award ceremony earlier in October. The doctoral award ceremony is SLU's biggest annual

Miljö-DNA uppskattar storleken på gäddbestånd

In order to manage a fish population sustainably, reliable information about the population’s size and development is needed. One species for which we currently lack this information is the Northern

Göran Sundblad

goran.sundblad@slu.se My work is centered around applied research in order to provide scientific advice to lake and coastal management. Topics include ecosystem based fisheries management,

Svenska forskare ”seglar” efter fisken i Hudson Bay

The large seabird colonies in northern Hudson Bay reveal an abundance of fish beneath the surface. However, relatively little is known about these Arctic ecosystems. In the summer of 2024, scientific

Diss Erik Karlsson

Assessing the potential of environmental DNA for quantitative monitoring of northern pike (Esox lucius) populations charlotta.eriksson@slu.se Erik Karlsson defends his thesis "Assessing the

Spikning - Erik Karlsson

Erik Karlsson nailed up his thesis “Evaluation of the potential of environmental DNA for quantitative monitoring of populations of pike (Esox lucius)” in SLU Aqua's offices in Drottningholm on Friday