The Salmon Watersheds Lab (SWL) at Simon Fraser University is a large, collaborative aquatic ecology research lab focused on salmon systems in western Canada. The SWL consists of approximately 20 staff and students at any given time, collaborating with more than 40 partner organizations and engaging in research across 9 projects, many of which include fieldwork throughout British Columbia.

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Our mission is to understand the dynamics of aquatic ecosystems, from headwaters to estuaries, and inform their conservation and management, with a primary focus on salmon systems.