Efforts to bring back Formosan landlocked salmon succeeding
Efforts to bring back Formosan landlocked salmon succeeding
2026-10-30
Last year, conservationist from Wuling Farm released 240 juvenile Formosan landlocked salmon upstream in the Sqeran River. A year later, the team found the salmon had grown large and healthy with excellent reproductive potential, showing that efforts to bring the endangered species back are succeeding.
A helicopter flies above the upper reaches of the Sqeran River, releasing 240 baby Formosan landlocked salmon, an endangered endemic species, into the wild.
A year later, conservationists put on snorkeling gear and checked on how the salmon are doing. They found the fish were large and healthy, happy that their efforts to protect the endangered species were succeeding.
Liao Lin-yen
Wuling salmon conservation center director
We got very encouraging results when we investigated the salmon while snorkeling. About 50% of the salmon had survived, and the ones we saw were healthy and plump, and already showing signs of reproducing.
The Sqeran River was once a habitat for Formosan landlocked salmon, but dams built along the river prevented fish from swimming upstream to reproduce. When a dam downstream was destroyed by natural causes, the conservation center considered reintroducing salmon to the river.
Liao Lin-yen
Wuling salmon conservation center director
We’ve seen very encouraging results this year. If the salmon can withstand the typhoons in October, we will have completed the final piece of Shei-Pa National Park’s 30-year effort to restore Formosan landlocked salmon to the five streams in the upper Dajia River where they once lived.
The Formosan landlocked salmon has made a strong comeback after years of conservation efforts, with more than 16,000 fish now breeding in the wild. With the population recovering, conservationists are completing the final piece of the restoration efforts.
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武陵農場團隊放流240尾國寶魚 野放1年後"普查成果驚人"
2026-10-30
武陵農場復育中心保育團隊，去年出動直升機將240尾櫻花鉤吻鮭魚苗，送到司界蘭溪上游放流，經過一年追蹤，保育人員重回溪流普查，發現野放的櫻花鉤吻鮭，長得又肥又大，繁殖潛力極好，復育成果相當穩定。
直升機飛到高海拔山區，這裡是司界蘭溪上游，不是什麼救援吊掛，而是吊掛國寶魚櫻花鉤吻鮭寶寶一共240條，要進行野放復育。
經過一年的復育終於有了成果，保育員穿著潛水裝，潛到溪中觀察，發現當年復育的櫻花鉤吻鮭，長的極好，又肥又大，可說是復育大成功。
[[武陵櫻花鉤吻鮭復育中心主任 廖林彥]]
“用浮潛目視法，獲得一個很高興的一個成績，將近有五成的活存率，那看到的鮭魚都是健康而且肥美，而且已經有繁殖的跡象。”
復育中心表示，司界蘭溪本來就是鮭魚歷史棲地，由於攔砂壩建立讓鮭魚始終無法游回繁殖，直到下游攔砂壩因為自然因素遭到摧毀，團隊才又重新考量讓鮭魚回到這裡自然繁衍。
[[武陵櫻花鉤吻鮭復育中心主任 廖林彥]]
“今年有一個很好的成績，希望今年的十月份的颱風如果能夠抵擋得過的話，那就可以完成雪霸國家公園在這三十年來，我們預定要復原大甲溪上游五大溪流，櫻花鉤吻鮭曾經存在的溪流的最後一塊拼圖。”
國寶魚櫻花鉤吻鮭，經過長年復育保育，根據最新監測，目前野外繁殖數量已經高達16000多尾，復育成果相當穩定。對保育人員來說，最後一塊保育拼圖也順利完成。
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