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SALAR · Connected Waters

The decline of wild Atlantic salmon is a signal from our connected waters.

The signals
call us together.

Not because salmon is the whole story.

Because it reveals the whole system.

The signals are becoming harder to ignore.

One connected water system

Wild Atlantic salmon
follows the water.

Every place shapes the next.
Every decision does too.

Wild Atlantic salmon in clear river water

From rivers to the North Atlantic

Its journey takes it through rivers, fjords, coasts and the open ocean. Its life gives us a way to see the health of connected waters.

Different perspectives

The water system
is the same.
What we see is not.

Every perspective reveals something. None reveals the whole.

Explore the perspectives
ScienceEvidenceCommunitiesFutureGovernmentTrade-offsHydropowerGenerationAquacultureGrowthFisheriesHarvestConservationEcologicalintegrityPhilanthropyImpactAnglingRecreationOneconnectedwater system

The first edition

SALAR 2027

Where perspectives change.

Mandal, Norway
28–29 May 2027

Registration opens 2 January 2027

Discover SALAR 2027
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