SBC News Wide Featured Institute of Freshwater Biology's Chikuma River Research!

On December 2, 2022 at 6:15 pm, SBC News Wide featured the Institute of Freshwater Biology’s environmental DNA survey of the entire Chikuma River and Shinano River. In an environmental DNA survey, you can study the fish fauna of the area simply by collecting water. This time, an introduction to the Environmental DNA Fish Survey in the Shinano River, the longest river in Japan, an interview with Professor Hiroshi Hakoyama about the decline of smallmouth bass due to Typhoon No. 19, and Assistant Professor Sakie Kodama’s water sampling for the Environmental DNA Survey were broadcast.

The Chikuma River River Ecology Group of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, led by Professor Hiroshi Hakoyama of the Institute of Freshwater Biology, will conduct river ecological engineering research in the Chikuma River and Shinano River basins and contribute to flood control in the river basins.