The Weekly Five - 6
Emergency closure of Norway's salmon fishery
Norway’s Miljødirektoratet (Environment Ministry) has halted fishing activities in 33 rivers [pdf] and along the coastline from the Swedish border in the south to Trøndelag in the north starting tomorrow, June 23. Low salmon counts mean hundreds of visiting anglers will be forced to postpone their fishing trips. Serious stuff.
Back home, the local croquet club has become a regular haunt as I get into my winter spey & double haul practice with a few pointers from Joe Mahler.
And I’m living Northern Hemisphere anglers’ summer trout season vicariously through social media, quietly celebrating the emergence of Sulphur Duns (Ephemerella Invaria) across European and USA streams.
Hatch Magazine reports of Alaska’s Brooks Range rivers turning orange from permafrost thawing, releasing metal-rich water into these now-threatened fisheries.
Mongolia trips are kicking off for the year on the Onon and Delger rivers for the mighty Siberian Taimen, largest of the salmonid species. The Sakhalin Taimen can be found in Sakhalin, Russia and Hokkaido, Japan.
Photo Credit: Sulphur Dun image by Steelhead Alley Outfitters, Lake Erie.
California, Alaska and now Norway. Our salmon fisheries are suffering from warming waters, disease, pollution and farmed salmon operations.