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National Fish Passage Strategy Finland’s National Fish Passage Strategy aims to enhance the viability of threatened and endangered migratory fish stocks. Its mission is to shift the focus from fish stocking to supporting and rehabilitating the nat...

Management of fish resources The key objective of the Fishing Act is to regulate fishing rights and methods, the management of fish stocks and the fisheries administration in terms of the use and management of fish resources. In the 2010 Red List ...

State fisheries management fee Finland applies a fisheries management fee system which is based on the Fishing Act. Fishermen aged 18 to 69 years engaged in fishing other than angling, jigging and ice fishing must pay a fisheries management fee to...

Biodiversity Biodiversity refers to the entire spectrum of life: genetic variation within species, the abundance of species and the diversity of their habitats. Halting the loss of biodiversity is a global target. Biodiversity in sustainable use a...

Species-specific strategies and programmes According to the Red List of Finnish Species (2010), the migratory fish sea trout and landlocked Atlantic salmon are classified as critically endangered, and anadromous whitefish, eel and freshwater popul...

Fisheries Strategies and programmes » There are different strategies and programmes to secure the conditions for recreational fishing, commercial fisheries and the management of fishing waters. Key legislation » The key objective of the Finnish Fi...

Water management In all tasks in the fields of agriculture, forestry, water management and fisheries, the aim is also to ensure that the status of watercourses and groundwater is good and their use is sustainable. There are a number of ways to ach...

12.8.2025 | The Siikajoki Vapaaksi environmental association is set to restore the Pöyrynkoski rapids, enabling the free ascent of migratory fish in the river. The project was formally launched on Tuesday 12 August at Revonlahti School in Siikajoki, North Ostrobothnia. Formally conveying favourable greetings to the event, Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Sari Essayah noted that the project was a superb example of a remediation exercise promoted by local parties and prepared in broad partnership.

Press releases RSS (Opens New Window) (Opens New Window) Germany joins For Forest Group+ of forested EU countries as its eighth member Type: Press release Publication date: 1.4.2026 13.17 Minister Essayah to join Team Finland trade mission to Moro...

Helmi Habitats Programme – safeguarding biodiversity through cooperation The Helmi Habitats Programme, run jointly by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry and Ministry of the Environment, strengthens the biodiversity of Finnish nature and secu...

18.2.2026 | The Helmi Habitats Programme has enhanced the understanding of ways to improve the state of nature and created an important foundation for the preparation of the National Restoration Plan.

6.3.2026 | In 2025, about 6,600 hectares of forest habitats were protected under the Forest Biodiversity Programme for Southern Finland METSO. Last year Finnish forest owners protected permanently about 3,200 hectares of forest and concluded ten-year environmental forestry subsidy agreements concerning about 3,400 hectares. The area covered by nature management works was about 180 hectares.

8.4.2026 | 1 (56) SLU ID: SLU.aqua.2025.5.1-27 Luke ID: 501/11 00 03/2020 2026-02-25 suomennos 12.3.2026 Tornionjoen lohi-, meritaimen- ja vaellussiikakannat – yhteinen ruotsalais-suomalainen biologinen selvitys sopivien kalastussääntöjen arvioimiseksi vuode...

31.8.2021 | Funding is now being collected to purchase the Myllykoski hydropower plant in Kuusamo. The idea is to demolish the plant so that threatened lake trout will be able to migrate freely to large areas of streams and lakes. A binding preliminary agreement was signed and the first deposit paid to Koskienergia Koskivoima Oy on 31 August. The project receives support from the migratory fish programme NOUSU of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry.

4.3.2021 | The Myllykoski hydropower plant will cease operating on Kuusamo’s River Kuusinkijoki, allowing threatened brown trout free access to extensive watercourse and lake areas. A binding letter of intent was signed in Helsinki on 4 March 2021. The power plant has been the only dam structure of the large catchment area. Koskienergia Koskivoima Oy will sell its power plant to the Kuusinkijoki kuntoon ry.

2.7.2019 | SUSTAINABLE GROWTH FROM RENEWABLE RESOURCES SUSTAINABLE GROWTH FROM RENEWABLE RESOURCES SUSTAINABLE GROWTH FROM RENEWABLE RESOURCES 2 3 Sustainable food production is responsible and profitable The key project “Profitable food production, trade ba...

13.1.2016 | STATUS OF THE RIVER TANA SALMON POPULATIONS REPORT 1-2012 WORKING GROUP ON SALMON MONITORING AND RESEARCH IN THE TANA RIVER SYSTEM Contents 1 Summary ....................................................................................................

25.10.2015 | Kala- ja riistahallinnon julkaisuja 2012 Viimeisimmät julkaisut: 86 (1-2009) Jukka Rinne, Johanna Stigzelius ja Mikko Malin 2009: Kymi- joen läntisen haaran koski- ja virtapaikkojen pohjanlaadut sekä lohen ja meritaimenen lisääntymisalueet ISBN 97...

22.11.2016 | STATUS OF THE RIVER TANA SALMON POPULATIONS 2016 Report of the Working Group on Salmon Monitoring and Research in the Tana River System Cited as: Anon. (2016) Status of the River Tana salmon populations 2016. Report of the Working Group on Salmon ...

25.10.2015 | Kala- ja riistahallinnon julkaisuja 2012 Viimeisimmät julkaisut: 86 (1-2009) Jukka Rinne, Johanna Stigzelius ja Mikko Malin 2009: Kymi- joen läntisen haaran koski- ja virtapaikkojen pohjanlaadut sekä lohen ja meritaimenen lisääntymisalueet ISBN 97...