Main Projects | NASF - North Atlantic Salmon Fund

NASF’s main projects have evolved significantly since the original high seas buyouts but NASF‘s mission remains unchanged: to return Atlantic Salmon stocks back to their historic abundance, ensuring their existence for future generations to come.

Crucial Habitat Protection

Protection of critical habitat is another key aspect of salmon conservation. While numerous human activities impact habitat, few are as destructive to salmon populations as hydroelectric dams.

Local Net Buyouts

NASF applied its high seas buyout strategy in critical coastal regions, successfully closing drift net salmon fisheries in Iceland (1996)

High Seas Buyouts

Waters off of the Faroe Islands and Greenland are very important in the overall health of the salmon populations because salmon stocks

Fighting Sea Cage Salmon Farming

Sea cage salmon farming is detrimental to wild salmon stocks and the ecosystems they depend on.