Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) is under threat in Wales

A new report commissioned by Natural Resources Wales has some stark findings for the future of salmon populations. 

Co-authored by Prof. Carlos Garcia de Leaniz, Director of CSAR and Chair in Aquatic Biosciences at Swansea University, 'The identification and characterisation of small salmon populations to support their conservation and management evidence'  looks at the decline of salmon and sea trout populations across Wales and considers whether and when they may become critically small, in order to support their conservation and management.

The report confirms that Atlantic salmon are under threat not only in Wales but throughout most of its range but suggests that salmon may disappear completely from many Welsh rivers within the next few decades.

The report is available here