RecoSal Policy Briefs

The RecoSal project aims to support collaborative governance for the recovery of a diverse Atlantic salmon population complex in the large River Teno catchment (in Finnish, Tana in Norwegian, and Deatnu in Sámi) in the northernmost Fennoscandia.

Through the establishment of collaborations aiming towards a Living Lab the project will connect knowledge production with salmon management, with a special emphasis on the development of population-specific, target-based assessments of genetically diverse salmon populations in a multicultural setting that values Indigenous and Local Knowledge (ILK) and rights.

RecoSal will provide transdisciplinary advice for designing and implementing effective and socially robust governance and management practices with the aim of ecological conservation and recovery of depleted biodiversity. As part of this advice, RecoSal will publish policy briefs.

The first policy briefs will be presented for local and Sami fishing organisations and other interested parties in a workshop called “Deatnu watershed future visions” on 3 October 2024 at Hotel Utsjoki. The workshop is organized by the MARGISTAR and RecoSal projects and is designed to elicit ways forward towards a healthy future for the Teno / Tana / Deatnu river.