Joacim Näslund
@jnaslund.bsky.social
Fish biologist (Researcher) at SLU Aqua (Sweden). Swedish fish fauna, river restoration, monitoring, invasive species, stock fish aquaculture, electrofishing, species reintroduction, ethology/behaviour, and general fish ecology. Expressed views are my own.
I.e. this one. There is an audiobook in English - that's how I "read" it. eu.patagonia.com/se/en/produc...
The New Fish: The Truth about Farmed Salmon and the Consequences We Can No Longer Ignore (paperback book) | Patagonia SE
Published by Patagonia, <i>The New Fish</i> reveals the origins of salmon farming and the environmental considerations dismissed in the pursuit of economic gain.
eu.patagonia.com
October 31, 2025 at 7:04 AM
I.e. this one. There is an audiobook in English - that's how I "read" it. eu.patagonia.com/se/en/produc...
The New Fish (by Simen Sætre and Kjetil Østli) - About salmon aquaculture. Good historical view and insight into how government may affect scientific research (in negative ways). Examples mainly from Norway, but also Canada and som other places.
October 31, 2025 at 7:02 AM
The New Fish (by Simen Sætre and Kjetil Østli) - About salmon aquaculture. Good historical view and insight into how government may affect scientific research (in negative ways). Examples mainly from Norway, but also Canada and som other places.
The answer to the question in the title is: "Just send it to Science of the Total Environment, they'll take almost anything - no convincing of any editors needed..." They are known for publishing both good stuff and pseudoscience...
October 3, 2025 at 9:19 AM
The answer to the question in the title is: "Just send it to Science of the Total Environment, they'll take almost anything - no convincing of any editors needed..." They are known for publishing both good stuff and pseudoscience...
Seeing how important rivers, even smaller streams, seem to be for troop movements in the Russian invasion of Ukraine, one would expect the military to basically take over the whole river restoration operation...
October 3, 2025 at 4:42 AM
Seeing how important rivers, even smaller streams, seem to be for troop movements in the Russian invasion of Ukraine, one would expect the military to basically take over the whole river restoration operation...
Is there any discussion about the military defence value of restored wetlands, rivers, forests etc. in Finland? I have tried to raise the issue a bit in Sweden, with some mixed responses (a general interest, but not really sticking in peoples' minds...)
October 3, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Is there any discussion about the military defence value of restored wetlands, rivers, forests etc. in Finland? I have tried to raise the issue a bit in Sweden, with some mixed responses (a general interest, but not really sticking in peoples' minds...)
We have a list of all known observed species in Sweden. That could be a basis for searching e.g. newspapers, trying to temporally map the observations. At the very least, such an analysis would show that warm-water species have occurred over at least 150+ years.
August 25, 2025 at 8:57 AM
We have a list of all known observed species in Sweden. That could be a basis for searching e.g. newspapers, trying to temporally map the observations. At the very least, such an analysis would show that warm-water species have occurred over at least 150+ years.
Yes, I think it has to be a qualitative analysis, with lots of dicussions around "effort"... records depend a lot on who is working where and when...
August 25, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Yes, I think it has to be a qualitative analysis, with lots of dicussions around "effort"... records depend a lot on who is working where and when...
There are some possible sources that I have not yet looked through, like the yearbook of the Gothenburg Natural History Museum... and newspapers!
August 25, 2025 at 8:47 AM
There are some possible sources that I have not yet looked through, like the yearbook of the Gothenburg Natural History Museum... and newspapers!
I'm working on a data set ;-) Not for that purpose though... The problem is that descriptive faunistic notes of rare species have basically disappeared from the northern European litterature since ca. 1970, creating a long period of data deficiency.
August 25, 2025 at 8:44 AM
I'm working on a data set ;-) Not for that purpose though... The problem is that descriptive faunistic notes of rare species have basically disappeared from the northern European litterature since ca. 1970, creating a long period of data deficiency.
...but it is also a heavily disturbed ecosystem from the fish community point of view, which could leave the area open for colonization.
August 25, 2025 at 8:39 AM
...but it is also a heavily disturbed ecosystem from the fish community point of view, which could leave the area open for colonization.
The now regular occurrence or even establishment of other species is more indicative I think, e.g. thinlipped mullet, golden grey mullet, surmullet, and tub gurnard...
August 25, 2025 at 8:38 AM
The now regular occurrence or even establishment of other species is more indicative I think, e.g. thinlipped mullet, golden grey mullet, surmullet, and tub gurnard...
Possibly climate related, but the Skagerrak area has a long history of warm-temperate species popping up every now and then.
To name a few:
Antantic fanfish 1929
Blackspot seabream 1869, 1871, 1879, 1960
Little tunny 1909
Plain bonito ca. 1875
Bouge 1931, 1940, 1959
Oceanic whitetip shark 2004
To name a few:
Antantic fanfish 1929
Blackspot seabream 1869, 1871, 1879, 1960
Little tunny 1909
Plain bonito ca. 1875
Bouge 1931, 1940, 1959
Oceanic whitetip shark 2004
August 25, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Possibly climate related, but the Skagerrak area has a long history of warm-temperate species popping up every now and then.
To name a few:
Antantic fanfish 1929
Blackspot seabream 1869, 1871, 1879, 1960
Little tunny 1909
Plain bonito ca. 1875
Bouge 1931, 1940, 1959
Oceanic whitetip shark 2004
To name a few:
Antantic fanfish 1929
Blackspot seabream 1869, 1871, 1879, 1960
Little tunny 1909
Plain bonito ca. 1875
Bouge 1931, 1940, 1959
Oceanic whitetip shark 2004
Inviting a new reviewer at the end of a review process (when people drop out) seems unlikely - but I guess they also need at least two reviewer names on the front page... at least it is transparent that way. But likely some bias as they would look for reviewers that will accept...
August 24, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Inviting a new reviewer at the end of a review process (when people drop out) seems unlikely - but I guess they also need at least two reviewer names on the front page... at least it is transparent that way. But likely some bias as they would look for reviewers that will accept...
A major flaw in the Frontiers process (as it was when I reviewed) is, of course, that when a reviewer doesn't agree on publication and withdraw, then there is automatic consensus on publication among remaining reviewers... This possibly lets flawed manuscripts to pass... Maybe it has changed...
August 23, 2025 at 9:39 PM
A major flaw in the Frontiers process (as it was when I reviewed) is, of course, that when a reviewer doesn't agree on publication and withdraw, then there is automatic consensus on publication among remaining reviewers... This possibly lets flawed manuscripts to pass... Maybe it has changed...
My opinion on Frontiers is not positive either, for many reasons. Their process involves a review and a discussion stage with authors (at least a few years ago), and all reviewers have to agree to publication (or withdraw from the process). Reviewer names are then added to paper front page.
August 23, 2025 at 9:20 PM
My opinion on Frontiers is not positive either, for many reasons. Their process involves a review and a discussion stage with authors (at least a few years ago), and all reviewers have to agree to publication (or withdraw from the process). Reviewer names are then added to paper front page.
Quite interesting. Review seems simlar to Frontiers' format (except 70% "voting" threshold for publishing, rather than 100%)? Actually not sure how it substantially differs from any other open-review journal..?
August 23, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Quite interesting. Review seems simlar to Frontiers' format (except 70% "voting" threshold for publishing, rather than 100%)? Actually not sure how it substantially differs from any other open-review journal..?
August 13, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Couldn't they possibly just walk around it? See: doi.org/10.1016/j.be...
Redirecting
doi.org
August 6, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Couldn't they possibly just walk around it? See: doi.org/10.1016/j.be...
Have no recommendations, but I think PeerJ Preprints closed down several years ago...
July 25, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Have no recommendations, but I think PeerJ Preprints closed down several years ago...
Det vanliga verkar vara att 1. nämna något om EBF-mål, 2. få kommentar om att vi inte är i närheten av EBF, och 3. hänvisa till att EU:s gemensamma fiskeripolitik inte tillåter EBF. Men då faller hela målbilden, så varför ens lyfta frågan... helt klart snömos.
July 24, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Det vanliga verkar vara att 1. nämna något om EBF-mål, 2. få kommentar om att vi inte är i närheten av EBF, och 3. hänvisa till att EU:s gemensamma fiskeripolitik inte tillåter EBF. Men då faller hela målbilden, så varför ens lyfta frågan... helt klart snömos.
Stärker en tes som vi varit näst intill helt säkra på i minst 20 år... Varje gång någon hävdar ekosystembaserad- eller adaptiv förvaltning i sammanhanget havsmiljö/fiske (eller annan miljöförvaltning för den delen) så bör man protestera högljutt...
July 24, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Stärker en tes som vi varit näst intill helt säkra på i minst 20 år... Varje gång någon hävdar ekosystembaserad- eller adaptiv förvaltning i sammanhanget havsmiljö/fiske (eller annan miljöförvaltning för den delen) så bör man protestera högljutt...
1973 is even better. Very helpful! Thanks a lot!
July 22, 2025 at 4:03 PM
1973 is even better. Very helpful! Thanks a lot!