Department of Aquatic Resources

Stort intresse för SLU Aquas kurser inför höstterminen 2025

Interest in SLU Aqua’s courses is growing – and compared to last year, the increase is significant. Especially exciting is that our Master’s courses, which previously had fewer students, are now

Från Vänern till tysk tv!

Hello there, Birgitta Jacobson and Josefin Sundin – you became film stars when a German TV crew joined you at Lake Vänern last summer to film you tagging eels with biologgers. Josefin, tell us more

Ny flott plattform för sälsäkert kustfiske i södra Sverige

The push-up trap is a vital tool for coastal fishing in northern Sweden, keeping seals away from the catch. In the southern Baltic Sea, algae growth and difficult cleaning have hampered its use. SLU

Flodkräftan i fara – tecknad film ska väcka engagemang för akut hotad art

The situation for the noble crayfish, our only native freshwater crayfish species, is critical. The species has disappeared from large parts of Sweden and Finland. Now, a new animated film aims to

Sara Bergek ny prefekt vid institutionen för akvatiska resurser

As of 1 July 2025, Sara Bergek will take up the position as Head of Department at the Department of Aquatic Resources at SLU. The appointment is the result of an internal recruitment process in which

Senaste nytt från miljögruppen juni 2025

Here you can catch up on the latest updates from SLU Aqua’s environmental group. New electric motors for Lysekil and Öregrund Electric motors have been purchased for smaller boats in Lysekil and

Ett skepp kommer lastat med havsforskare

How is the Western Sea really doing? That question was at the center when researchers and PhD students from, among others, SLU Aqua took part in a sailing voyage aboard the full-rigged ship Sørlandet

Nu lanseras nya slu.se

After nearly a year and a half of hard work, the new slu.se has been launched today – and with it, SLU Aqua also gets a brand-new departmental website. This has been a thorough effort where the

Havsfiskelaboratoriet värd för årets möte med RCG NANSEA och RCG Baltic

From 10 to 13 June, representatives from the Regional Coordination Groups RCG NANSEA and RCG Baltic gathered at the Institute of Marine Research in Lysekil. These groups are part of the regional

Tom Staveley awarded royal scholarship for research on pink salmon

Congratulations to Tom Staveley, who has been awarded a scholarship from the King Carl XVI Gustaf 50th Anniversary Fund for Science, Technology and Environment for his work on the invasive species

När havet blir brunare – forskare från SLU ska undersöka hur varmare och mörkare vatten påverkar ekosystemtjänster längs Östersjökusten

How is marine life affected when coastal waters become both browner and warmer? That’s what SLU researcher Magnus Huss, together with colleagues from the Department of Aquatic Resources (SLU Aqua)

Ny teknik avslöjar att sillgrisslor föredrar förutsägbara fiskevatten

Common guillemots tend to seek out areas where the availability of fish is stable, even if the amount is small – a strategy that may leave them vulnerable as marine environments change. Using sailing