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Paul Eric Aspholm

Research Scientist

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Division of Environment and Natural Resources

Ecosystems in the Barents region

(+47) 932 20 452
paul.eric.aspholm@nibio.no

Place
Svanhovd

Visiting address
Svanhovd, NO-9925 Svanvik

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20210907_150818

Division of Environment and Natural Resources

Interreg-Aurora project: Our Precious Transboundary Waters


The brown trout is a socioeconomically important freshwater fish in both Norway and Finland, where habitat fragmentation, overexploitation, translocations, and stocking have led to nationwide decline especially in populations of large growing, adfluvial brown trout and their genetic integrity. Careful conservation and coordinated, sustainable management of the remaining large growing brown trout populations is crucial. For this purpose, our project focuses on the transboundary Lake Inari-Pasvik River catchment as a bilateral model (reference) system, utilizing and requiring cross-border cooperation between Norway and Finland. We combine information on the genetic status of trout populations in the catchment, introduce new research methods and compare existing stocking programs for providing tools and guidelines to support the knowledge-based conservation and management of adfluvial brown trout populations in Norway and Finland.

Active Updated: 17.11.2025
End: jul 2026
Start: aug 2023
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