Acknowledgments
The indicators for national use in Sweden were elaborated in a science-management joint effort supported by the Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management (SwAM). We are grateful to Kerstin Johannesson at Gothenburg University and to Maria Jansson and Anna Hasslow who initiated (AH, MJ) and lead (MJ) the effort at SwAM. We also thank Elisabeth Sahlsten, Gry Sagebakken, Fredrik Ljunghager, Kristina Samuelsson, Norbert Häubner, Ulrika Stensdotter Blomberg and several other managers at SwAM for valuable discussions and suggestions. We thank Maria de la Paz Celorio Mancera and Diana Posledovich for laboratory assistance. We thank Ida Pernille Øystese Andersskog, Hege Brandsegg, Line Birkeland Eriksen, and Merethe Hagen Spets at the genetic laboratory at NINA for SNP-genotyping. Diana Posledovich is also acknowledged for help with illustrations as is Jerker Lokrantz and Elsa Wikander at Azote (Figure 2), and Rolf Gustavsson for analytical discussions. We are grateful for extensive help with sample collection and thank the following for field work assistance: Kurt Morin, Fredrik Andersson, Kristoffer Andersson, Olle Eriksson, Thomas Giegold, Rolf Gustafsson, Sara Kurland, Diana Posledovich, Gunnar Ståhl, Karin Tahvanainen, Jan Oscarsson and Sportfiskeklubben D30, Randi Olofsson-Lund and Håkan Lund (Almdalen Fjällgård), Tina Hedlund (Aquanord AB), the Sámi communities Jijnjevaerie, Voernese, Ohredahke, and Raedtievaerie, Sven Ringvall, Nils Hallberg, and Jan-Olof Andersson at Jämtland Läns Sportfiskeklubb, Jens Andersson, Ingemar Näslund, Mattias Lindell, and the County Administrative Board of Jämtland. We acknowledge support from the Swedish Research Council Formas (L.L.), the Swedish Research Council (L.L., N.R.) the Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management (L.L.), the Carl Trygger Foundation (L.L.), and the Erik Philip-Sörensen Foundation (L.L.).