OCTOBER
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Vorma trout protected
Vorma river is now protected during the breeding season, Locals have begun to take care of their beloved trout population.
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River fishing
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More monster tuna from Ireland
Stories of large tuna are on the rise in Ireland and again another monster fish has been landed. Read this articale and you will see this country from another angle
John and Sue Brittain
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Other
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Giant marine reserve all set
The world's largest fully protected marine reserve is to be proclaimed in the Australian sub-Antarctic.
The 6.5 million-hectare Heard and McDonald Islands Marine Reserve would ensure that one of the globe's last pristine ecosystems remained intact, federal Environment Minister David Kemp said yesterday. But the reserved area is said to have been reduced because of fishing industry protests.
Andrew Darby/The Age
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Other
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Varzina River Lodge season 2002 report
Season 2002 proved to be one of the best in record, if not the very best of all times. All four rivers fished extremely well all season through.
Varzina river company
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River fishing
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Industrial-scale cod farming poses new threat to recovery of wild salmon
In a medieval castle perched high on the Argyll coast, Robin Neill Lochnell Malcolm of Duntrune spent yesterday plotting. For hundreds of years, his family raised men to fight for Scotland. But now Clan Malcolm is crusading against a new enemy: cod.
Stephen Khan, Scotland Editor
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Coastal fishing
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Southern Norway reports on its season.
The manager of the river managers group Andre Gjedrem has not yet the exact figures but he is happy with the season in his district. Here is a round up of how it went.
Skot
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River fishing
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SEPTEMBER
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Drammen River has posted great results.
Despite the low water levels this year Drammen River has fished better than it has is decades. Local sports fishermen are proud of the rebirth of their river.
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River fishing
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The Boys do it again!!
Here is the latest news from the fishbooking.com crew. Glen, Paul and I have found the late season to be an unexpected bonus.
Skot
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Coastal fishing
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Local river under threat
Kristian Bruvik from Arne sports fishing club was on the riverbank to inspect the damage caused by local council workers. Due to an uncontrolled leakage of high levels of calk most of next years salmon are under threat.
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River fishing
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Mixed reactions to the new cod smelt figures
Research as just been completed on the number of new cod and herring smelt that are entering the North Sea. The good news is the number of new cod in the system has increased over the previous two years.
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Ocean fishing
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Fish Killed In Acid Spill
The Environment Agency has confirmed a number of fish were killed in an acid spill in south west Wales which led to three people being treated in hospital.
The agency says chemicals reached a stream at Nantyci near Traveller's Rest, Carmarthen but is still trying to establish exactly how many fish were affected.
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Other
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Live bait is destroying our fresh water catchments.
The concern behind the use of live bait has surfaced again here in Norway. For some years it has been forbidden to use live bait in fresh water. Yet many tourists that enter Norway do not follow this ruling.
Skot.
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Inland fishing
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Last Salmon register for the season.
Here is the final salmon tally for most of the major river in Norway. It has proven to be a tough year. The lack of rain and early snowmelt has meant that many of the salmon are still waiting for good rain falls to start their run.
Morten Lund/Fishbooking.com
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River fishing
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News from the Dale river opening day.
Dale Jakt & Fiske club had a successful family day for both young and old fishermen. Again it has been a fantastic festival and the gang at Dale River managed some great fishing.
Tore E. Mackay/Fishbooking.com
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River fishing
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Rainbows on the loose in Florø
FLORØ: Western Norway a new report of escaped rainbow trout has landed on our desk. This particular farm in question located in Skorpefjorden Florø. The local fisheries officer has now opened fishing for these pests.
Skot
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Coastal fishing
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Monster Irish bluefin.
Reports are filtering in the monster Blue fin tuna have been caught of the North coast of Norway and Irland.
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Other
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Tag and Release shows the way with sharks.(Kenya)
Conservation is the name of the game in the world these days, and when we have seen the huge herds of game animals that roamed the plains of Africa almost wiped out in the past century, one realises that something similar is now
occurring in our oceans.
David Slater/fishingkenya.com
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Other
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Over 6000 escaped salmon in Trønderlag.
Nærøy : It has been reported that at least 6000 salmon have escaped from a farm managed by Fjord Seafoods in North Trønderlag
Skot
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Coastal fishing
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Finally our journalist is home.
After a long and eventful tour to the wilderness that we call Kola Peninsula finally I made it back to the office and I’m ready to start the task of catching up on our news and my magazine.
skot
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River fishing
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New monster trout landed in Norway
Morten Haraldsen from Bøverbru is mad keen fisherman and recently he has been in Stjørdalselva (river) tying his luck for big salmon. Included to this he has fished the deep fjords and great lakes but of late he has had luck with good trout fishing.
Skot
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Inland fishing
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AUGUST
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Landowners seek for a longer season in the North.
Fisheries manager Anton Rikstad in Nord-Trøndelag has stated that him will not recent an extension to the season despite the application for a extended season from river owners. The dry season has lead to poor results in North Trønderlag.
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River fishing
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Summit strikes deal on fisheries
Delegates at the World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg have reached agreement on ways to tackle the world's fisheries crisis.
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Ocean fishing
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Has anyone seen our journalist!
If you have followed the latest from Skot’s Outpost you will know he is currently in the Russian Tundra chasing a dream and the last we heard from him he was in Finnmark (Northern Norway) but all reports are that the fishing has been hot.
Editor
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River fishing
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7.1 kilo brown trout caught in Mistra lake
So you maybe wonder where the big trout are hiding in Norway. Simple Mistra Lake in the east of Norway is where it’s at over the last few weeks some monster trout have been caught by some bloody lucky fishermen.
Skot
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Inland fishing
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89 year old takes near record fish!
Every now and then a story lands on our desk that both makes you laugh and understand why it is we love fishing so much. Over the weekend a 89 year old grandmother caught a coalfish weighing a whopping 20 kilo.
Skot
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Coastal fishing
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Gaula may break the 50-ton barrier
The season is not even three months old in Gaula and already they have reported great catches. Over 17.7 ton of fish have been reported in at the tourist centre. This is despite reports from the North of low water flow and bad reports from other river in the district
Gaula is in great form this year.
Skot
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River fishing
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Linstad- brothers took the prize for the third year!
Linstad- brothers won the pike class in the resent Hadelandsmesterskapet (championships). This was the third year in a row that have taken the prize.
Skot
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Inland fishing
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Eight kilo seat-trout in Alta river
Roger Hoaas og John-Ketil Hoaas have caught a few fish in their days but this week in Alta river they had the fight of their life. They were so luck that they managed to land one of the monster sea-trout that can be found in the river.
Skot
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River fishing
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Sweden null Norway one!
Norwegian fisherman Jan Hammersvik was enjoying a days fishing with a fellow guest of one of the many camping grounds here in Norway. Suddenly what they thought was a mink swimming on the surface turn out to be a salmon the Swede tried in vein to catch what should have been a hard fighting salmon. Yet this fishy story took a funny twist!
Editor
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River fishing
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Updated salmon(catch) statistics
Here is an over view of the total salmon catch for some of our better know river. 02.08.02 14.30
Morten Lund
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River fishing
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JULY
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Trouble in Neidenelva (river)
The landowners that control Neidenelva (river) are concerned over the stocks of wild salmon. This is due to the large numbers of fish caught by net fishermen. These fishermen have used the current dry spell in the north to kill enormous numbers of wild salmon in the river mouths of some of the world’s most important wild salmon reserves
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River fishing
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20 kilo fish in Finnmark
VESTRE JAKOBSELV(Finnmark): Jan Tore Aronsen can proudly clain to a trophy hunter. Since 1992 he has caught salmon weighing 20 kg, 18 kg and this year he has tipped the scales at 19.6 kg. Well done!
Skot
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River fishing
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One third of all new farms in protected fjords!
After the long awaited salmon protection act was released in June The sports fishing environment was a buzz with the fact that finally the last true run of salmon will be protected but this is far from the true!
skot
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Other
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120 ton of farmed fish on the loose.
Friday afternoon reports were flooding in of a large number of farmed fish in Alta fjord (Northern Norway). This was confirmed when a local owner reported that he had “lost” over 40,000 salmon from one of his holding pens.
skot
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Coastal fishing
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Figgjo foiled by government plans
There is one thing is this world that you can count on. Governments not telling the truth! It had claimed that the new salmon protection act would protect rivers such as figgjo in southern Norway but it was wrong they have done the opposite. Now Figgjo is faced by an even greater threat.
Skot
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River fishing
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Orkla River could break a 15 year old record.
Rune Krogdahl the marketing manager for Orkla river and he is proud as punch. Orkla will be the top river in Tronderlag this year. He claims the river is still full of big salmon that are more than willing to give any fisherman a challenge.
Skot
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River fishing
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Mackerel are moving North.
An interesting little note from a young fisherman in the North ha landed on my desk. Eight year old Eirik Johansen and his family have spent their summer holiday in Narvik which is just a few hours South of Troms.
It was here that he caught a fish that seldom visits this region.
Skot
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Coastal fishing
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Acid rain study has given hope to the south.
Ringerike district has long had a problem with acid rain but the latest reports have shown a dramatic reduction in the acid levels over the past year. Water quality with the local lakes is on the mend.
Skot
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Inland fishing
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The trouble continues at Drevja River
Bjørn Johnsen from Steigen is so shocked with the treatment of trout Drevja River that he considering class action against the government.
Skot
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River fishing
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The catch and release issue is back.
STORSLETT: Salmon fishermen in Reisa River are force due to local bye laws to release all fish over 80 cm long (5kg) but this has caused quiet a stir among activists and their lawyers.
skot
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Other
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Sea-lice outbreak in the North.
Sea-lice numbers are in danger of killing large number of sea-trout and sea- char in Alta fjord. Never has there been so many lice recorded on individual examples of fish. Researchers have found up to 200 lice on small sea-char
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River fishing
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Southerner landed a 80 kilo Halibut.
It was the most exciting day of this fisherman life. For many years he had dreamed about catching a dream fish. More importantly his dream was catching a big halibut.
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Ocean fishing
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Big perch yes please
Per Mørk from Geithus is proud as punch he has finally caught a real perch.
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Inland fishing
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Blood bath at Forsmofosen
Sea-trout that sit under the fish ladder i Forsmoforsen are been slaughtered by so-called anglers. Large numbers of fish are been caught by fishermen foul hooking their prey with over sized hooks.
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River fishing
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Drammen river shows how it’s done.
Hellefoss in Øvre Eiker was the place that Arild Lilleås hooked into a mighty salmon that lead to a new personal record, 17.kilo. No amount of fancy words could describe the smile on his face
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River fishing
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Verdal is to greet tourist with open arms.
Verdal (northern Norway) A group of river owners have began a program aimed at capturing the tourist market for salmon fishermen.
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River fishing
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Drammen River is a record breaker!!
Hellefoss in Øvre Eiker was where Arild Lilleås hooked and landed a fish weighing over 17 kilo. Finally he has broken his personal record. This season Norwegian fishermen have broken records over the entire country despite the low water flow in many of our river.
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River fishing
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400 kilo shark caught in southern Norway
Four buddies were out on the sea for a days fishing but what awaited them was a shock to say the least. Tore Jan Skeie was the most shocked of all. What he thought to be a halibut turn out be a 300 to 400 kilo shark.
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Ocean fishing
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Etna is back were it belongs.
Just a small note from everyone here at fishbooking.com. One of the many rivers that have joined our exciting booking system has sent us a little treat. Read and weep!
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River fishing
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Norways sea fishing champ.
Henrik Dahlstrøm (18) from Rolvsøy has been crowned the nations best junior sea fisherman. His results speak for them selves, over 50 kilos of fish in one day was enough to clinch the title.
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Ocean fishing
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Angler dies on river!!!!!!!
An angler in his 60’s fell Friday morning at Sævareidelven in Fusa (county). He was quickly pulled on shore but it was already too late.
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River fishing
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9-kilo pike was never expected.
With a little trout lure Vidar Bråthen hooked more than he bargained for, a pike weighing over 9-kilo. It was his first cast along the shoreline at Landfalløya.
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Inland fishing
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The latest salmon catches from around Norway.
Here is the latest from Norways best rivers. This is always a great guide to use before planning your next holiday, Take note the rain is starting to fall up North so our next up date is worth watching.
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River fishing
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Six kilo’s of luck.
HOLMFOSS (Dagsavisen): Karl Erik Møller has just done some thing for the first time, Now he is 6-kilo luckier. He explained that he has never fished salmon before. In fact it was his first attempt at salmon fishing. He was seen holding his sexy silver love. In fact he went on to say that he would not swap his new love for any woman!
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River fishing
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Molde council plans to improve local trout fishing
Molde, The local Molde government has now enforced fishing cards for its local lakes. The money raised by card sales is ear marked for improvements for sports fishermen and cultivation of the surrounding fisheries.
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Inland fishing
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The north is praying for rain.
After a great start to the season the fishing has slowed down due to an unusually dry summer. The locals in North-Tronderlag are praying for a good rain.
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River fishing
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Dale river opens in style.
Dale river (50 kilometers from Bergen) Sunday night was the opening day for the season and Øystein Sellevold was one of the many keen fishermen ready to kick of the season. Sellevold managed to catch two salmon. The largest of these was just over four kilos.
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River fishing
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JUNE
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Chrysanthemums could save salmon farming industry!
Exacts from chrysanthemum may be the answer to one of the worst pests of both farmed and wild salmon, sea-lice. Doctorate student Karin Boxaspen from Bergen University has been studying the effects of natural exacts on lice infected salmon.
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Coastal fishing
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Volunteer moving of farms in new salmon reserves is a utopian idea!
Already the first reactions after the new salmon protection plan was released are almost comical. The government has asked for many of the fish farms located in protected catchments and fjords to join the voluntary moving program. As expected no one is willing to help and maybe the source of diseases and parasites will be here to stay.
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River fishing
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Daughter beats father hands down.
Last Sunday the family Håvardstun from Bergen sailed out for an enjoyable fishing trip in their small boat. Their plan was to compete in a local fishing contest. Armed with heavy jigs and rubber squid imitations they were ready to land the winner. Hilda their 6-year old daughter insisted on joining in the fun. So it was here the story beings.
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Coastal fishing
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The new wild salmon protection act !
The two government department involved in protecting the worlds largest wild stocks of salmon has released the long awaited announcement for the protection of Atlantic salmon. A complete plan for the fjords and catchments that contain the worlds last great salmon runs now looks like it will be introduced! The two areas affected by the new laws are Northern Norway and inner Songfjord.
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River fishing
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Will anyone help Vefsn river?
Things are so bad on my river I can hardly speak about it. This is the latest word for river owner Erling Karlsen and leader of the Kvalfors river owners group. So far this season only five salmon have been hooked in Vefsn (River) since the 1st of June.
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River fishing
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Tractor fishing for Halibut
With help of a tractor and a few mates Carl Einar Isachsen managed to drag a monster halibut to land. It weighed 248 kilograms. Not a bad day on the beach.
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Coastal fishing
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New river bag limits in 2004
The future of salmon can be driven like that of our moose hunting here in Norway. Tonnage limits could be set on all rivers here in Norway. Fishermen have reacted negative to the proposal put forward by Direktoratet for naturforvaltning (DN)
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River fishing
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Fantastic results for this years outgoing salmon smolt.
This year’s count of the sea-lice on the outward travelling smolt has shown good results. The West Country has been plagued by high mortality rates due to huge volume of lice per fish. In fact it’s the best result recorded in the 1998-2002-research period.
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River fishing
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Good results for the early season at Numedalslågen
Salmon have arrived early this year at Lågen this year. It is so seldom that fish are caught so early in the season as far up stream Brufoss (falls). Added to this reports of good fishing are pouring in over the entire system.
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River fishing
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Blind fishermen denied licenses for fishing
The membership applications of two blind nationals were turned down by the Ras Al Khaimah Higher Fishing Committee because they were deemed unfit to carry out the profession. The decision of the committee was issued during a meeting held yesterday at the municipality.
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Other
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Edmonton man fined $12,000 for transporting, selling tainted B.C. fish
VANCOUVER (CP) -- An Edmonton man who pleaded guilty to illegally transporting and selling tainted B.C. salmon in Alberta has been fined $12,000 in provincial court in Stony Plain, Alta.
Barry Deane Wasylyszyn had bought salmon that was not caught under a licence that authorizes sales. He also took the fish to the Edmonton area to sell.
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Other
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Norwegian trawlers are destroying salmon population’s
One third of all salmon that leave the British islands are killed by the Norwegian and Russian mackerel trawlers. This has been claimed by Scottish and Norwegian researchers. They have discovered that most of the young fish that travel North towards West Greenland end up in the trawler nets.
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Ocean fishing
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Fish farms defy laws.
The has been yet another farm that has “lost” its’ stock of fish here on the West Coast. Fishermen have been out by the dozen to taken advantage of the free fishing for (farmed) salmon in Bjørnefjorden.
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Coastal fishing
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Big trout in the summer sun.
Over the course of the summer new records are constantly appearing out of the blue. Saturday night two mates sat on a lake bank smilling over their new personal records.
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Inland fishing
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Gaula (River) is leading the race.
The latest reports from Gaula clearly place it on the top of the list this season. Over 180 salmon were caught in the first weekend. The locals expected this but as we reported no one expected Gaula to produce so many fish in one weekend.
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River fishing
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Verdalselva kicks off the season with a bang!
A half-hour before the opening bell Sören Nordborg wandered down to his spot on the river, just below the falls called Østnesfosses at Vuku. It was here he “set up” his rod and with the waiting spectator on hand to see him land a fish all he needed to do is land his first fish for the year. He claimed that it took no more than half an hour to land his first. It was an impressive seven kilos. To add to his pleasure a fellow fisherman landed a ten kilo beast just up stream
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River fishing
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Europe's fleets 'waste Africa's fish'
Campaigners say European Union (EU) boats are wasting West Africa's rich fishing resources by discarding most of their catch.
They say what is happening proves that developing countries should keep their fish to themselves.
They base their claims on a study of the problems of coastal fishermen in Senegal.
The study, by the Television Trust for the Environment (TVE), is the basis of the first film in the Trust's new Earth Report series, shown on BBC World.
Foreign boats have been fishing in Senegalese waters for more than 20 years, catching huge quantities of shrimp, tuna and now sardines.
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Ocean fishing
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Fish 'massacre' in North Atlantic
current over-fishing continues in the North Atlantic, trawlers could soon be left chasing jellyfish and even plankton to make "fake" fish products.
The claim comes from scientists who have just completed the first comprehensive assessment of fish stocks in the North Atlantic Ocean.
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Ocean fishing
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The world’s first complete ocean atlas has been released.
On World Environment Day, the United Nations and leading scientific institutions launched the first Internet atlas of the world's oceans to monitor and hopefully heal the waters that play a critical role in sustaining life on earth.
After a decade of planning and more than two-and-a-half years of development, the UN Oceans Atlas is online.
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License dodgers reeling!
31 May 2002 More than 500 licence dodgers have been netted in an Environment Agency clamp-down on illegal fishing.The offenders were caught during a two day blitz last weekend (May 25-26). In total 740 waters across England and Wales were hit and 7,971 anglers checked.
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Opening day !
The next round of the season has just opened and the reports are already coming in. I was at my local river for the first cast. Unfortunally the lack of rain over May as led to low water flow in the river but that has not stopped the locals from giving it a shot.
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River fishing
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MAY
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FAT FISHERMEN MAY BE BANNED IN NORWAY -
A new law set to be passed in Norway will ban fat fisherman from going to sea. The law is being proposed as research provides evidence that the overweight fishermen are a threat to their own health.
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Warning against farmed Atlantic salmon
Seattle(WA),USA: The California-based Monterey Bay Aquarium, which is considered by many to be the leading aquarium in the US, is advising consumers to avoid Atlantic farmed salmon and cod in its 2002 seafood guide released last week. 250,000 consumers have so far received the list.
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Coastal fishing
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New fish species
At least 12 new species of fish and coral have been found off Madagascar. A survey of the Indian Ocean there even found one coral the colour of blood which has never before been recorded.
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Other
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Numedalslågen is on fire!!
The latest reports from Numedalslågen are the their river is ready for a great season. Mr Åsestad from the local river owners group has reported clear water and good flows. Large numbers of fish have been spotted in and under Åbyfoss (falls). Temperature is at a optimal 12.C, which is said to be ideal for this river.
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River fishing
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More trouble in Tana
Tana is the world’s largest salmon river- we can’t risk any unforeseen accident effecting the wild genetic population. This is the latest statement from the general sectary of WWF- Norway, Rasmus Hansson. He latter went on to say that no one could guaranty that the new mystery parasite that has been found will not spread or infect the wild population. For this reason he is calling for the destruction of all farmed for the suspect region.
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River fishing
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One of the craziest fishing contest, Fisk & Fryd 2002
Fishbooking is proud to be part of an eleven year long tradition of fishing madness. Alot was up for grabs this years first price was an Abu Garcia 5000 CDL. To make things interesting it was gold plated. Along with that many small prizes such as hip flasks and random prizes of wine and beer!
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Inland fishing
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The fish that almost got away!
A local fisherman in Dovre (river) caught a 2.3-kilo fish in the most unusual way this week. He found himself “catching” his prey!!
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River fishing
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A unwanted pest in Alte river.
Seals have been sighted feeding in the lower half of Alte River in the last few days. Ivar Leinan is one of the local representatives for this river and he wishers to relocate the seals away for the river mouth.
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River fishing
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Fishing’s bag limits
Norway is not the only country to increase its control over the tourist fishing industry. A resent report by Norges Turistråd and Norges Fiskarlag called” fish as bait” Has studied many other countries and have come to the conclusion that well managed fisheries are the future for Norway
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The season is underway. Tronder's first salmon
Finally the salmon season has started and fishbooking’s office crew manned the phone until the small hours. It was not until 3 am that the first report came in. Bernt Gjelsten took the first fish in Tronderlag and it weighed in at three kilo. This lead to a race to land the first “big” fish of the year and as it would happen by 6 am the phone rang. The boss was pleased to hear that two local rowers took the first beast. The lucky man was Kjell Persson and he was rowed by one of the rivers great characters Bo Olsson.
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River fishing
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Fishing organization will stop commercial tourist fishing.
Flakstad. Every year tourist catch over 15000 ton of fish here in Norway. This is about one third of the total catch of the Northern fleet. Now the Norwegian Coastal fishing club is asking the government to help control this problem.
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Coastal fishing
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Fishbooking opens the season!!
After along winter and some breathtaking sea-trout fishing finally the salmon season has started. We here at fishbooking like everyone else can’t wait a second longer. The journalists have packed their bags, lures, flies, rods and every other fishing equipment known to man. All that is needed is a direct course to Trondelag.
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River fishing
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Landowners will stop free fishing for children.
Local landowner from Telemark, Harald Kvålen will stop all children under sixteen from fish his lakes. He has told local newspapers that these children are thieves. He has also claimed that it is an intrusion of his right as a landowner.
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Inland fishing
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Better Recreational Angling
More than $450,000 raised by the NSW fishing licence fee will be spent on research and a rock fishing safety project to create better recreational angling.
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Other
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NEWS FLASH. New parasite discovered in fish farm.
It has be discovered that an unknown salmon parasite been found in two aqua farms in Finnmark. Now the county veterinarian has hit the alarm button. Fishbooking.com now has begun to scream at the top of its voice that its now time for a plan concerning the constant spreading of salmon farms in Finnmark.
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River fishing
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The Swedish government has finally taken control.
The Swedish government has said no to salt treatment of the much-hated Bullen fish farm. This farm sits on the Swedish border and much has been written about this particular farm here in the press. This farm is located in an important salmon catchment and has for some time threatened Norwegian rivers.
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Coastal fishing
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Bigger fish are back at Glomma
Minimum length for both trout and greyling in 1996 was a respectable 30-cm but the new figures have just been realised and it’s good news!
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Inland fishing
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Shark victim dies in mate's arms
A SCALLOP diver who was savaged by a shark died in his mate's arms after being pulled aboard his boat yesterday. Suffering horrific injuries, diver Paul Buckland, 23, had cried for help and attempted a desperate struggle for safety.
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Ocean fishing
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APRIL
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The annual catch report is out!
Roksdalsvassdraget (catchment) figures have been realised and again it showed an increase in the number of salmon caught for the 2001 period. With the new season around the corner everyone is optimistic for yet another great year.
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River fishing
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Tourist cheating the law
A new trend has started to creep in among tourist visiting Norway, stealing fish from fish farms. By standing on shore or casting from boats certain people have started catching salmon direct from fish farms along our coast. Not only is this against the law but it is an unchallenging form of fishing.
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Coastal fishing
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Will stop free fishing in Møja
Landowners and the department of Nature agree that fishing cards should be introduced over the entire catchment of Møja
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Inland fishing
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The German problem
Germans have been blamed for over fishing and taking to many undersized fish. The current issue with the dwindling numbers of fish along our coast is a sore point here in Norway yet pointing the finger is never a good way to come to the bottom of any problem.
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Coastal fishing
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Will test parasite from trout.
Shortly will the Norwegians Veterinarian Institute begin a radical new method to test the manner in which the dreaded salmon parasite Gyrodactylus Salaris spreads.
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River fishing
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House of hardy's new range
House of Hardy has released it's 2002 range of products
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Other
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GIANT OF THE OCEAN IS CAUGHT OFF WESTCOUNTRY
Shark fishing history has been made in the Westcountry with a record-breaking catch off the Cornish coastline.
A giant 484lb, 7ft 9in long, porbeagle shark, cousin to the fearsome great white shark, was caught just off the coast near Boscastle, north Cornwall, on Monday.
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Ocean fishing
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UK cod fishing 'could be halted'
Conservationists believe the UK's cod stocks are now so low that catches may be banned.
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Ocean fishing
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World ski champ takes silver in fishing world championship
Olympic gold medallist Kari Traa crushed snowboard star Daniel Franck and walked away with the silver medal in the resent world championship for cod fishing. She competed along with 340 other fishermen.
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Ocean fishing
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New Salmon tags for 2002
Problems in the tagging system has forced the Newfoundland and Labarador salmon council to introduce new tages
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River fishing
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Growing fear for Lærdals river’s salmon stocks
Growing concerns over the safety of Lærdals gene stock has led to the river owner action group to voice their opinion over the storage of their salmon gene pool.
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River fishing
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DFO announces five-year Atlantic Salmon Management Plan
St. John's ... Fisheries and Oceans Canada today announced a new five-year
(2002-2006) Atlantic Salmon Management Plan for Newfoundland and Labrador,
based on the Adaptive Management Strategy and river classification system
that has been in place for the past three years.
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River fishing
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A surprise gift from a local hero.
A local fisherman that was known and loved by all at Mistra and Renaelva (rivers) passed away four years ago. This in its self is a sad story but it has led to an interesting turn of events. You see the man in question has donated 281,000 kroner to the river managers. So as his slice of paradise will live on and with help from this money it may grow.
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River fishing
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Travel Feature: The Lofoten Experience
Every year, the codfish or "skrei" as it is called locally, enters Norwegian waters in large numbers from the Barents Sea in the North, - with Lofoten as final destination. It's sole purpose is to breed in the warm waters of the Golf stream. The scene is set for what is said to be the Worlds's largest fisheries, - and for The World Championship in Cod Fishing!
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Ocean fishing
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Fishing taxes for salmon fishing 2002
So often I am asked why it is we need fishing cards. Well the answer is so simple. The money spent by us is channelled into research and preservation. Last year alone 28 million kroner was raised, this is a round 2 million(£).
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River fishing
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Here in Norway a storm has started due to a resent government declaration!!
A resent study has concluded that 5% of salmon and trout that are realises die as a result of their encounter with fishermen. As a result catch and realise is to be banned in Norway. Despite the need for conservation in our rivers the animal protection society has long claimed that it is a barbaric act. This has left many sports fishing groups pondering the future of salmon in this country.
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River fishing
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Protected trout is breeding itself into extinction
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is wrestling with a sexy little question. Should it protect a fish when it may be mating itself out of existence? The westslope cutthroat trout, which was plentiful in Western waters when Lewis and Clark made their expedition, has been interbreeding with rainbow trout that are stocked in its native lakes, rivers and streams. The result is that the fish has harmed its chances for survival, and the Endangered Species Act isn't clear about how to handle this type of situation.
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Inland fishing
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More on farmed salmon.
UK scientists are calling for urgent research to be carried out into the safety of farmed salmon after research showed some fish contain worrying levels of potentially dangerous chemicals. In a small pilot study, Canadian researchers using a comparison with wild Pacific Salmon found farmed fish contained significantly higher levels of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs).
The concerns were raised in a programme made for BBC TV, Warnings from the Wild, The Price of Salmon. The production of PCBs is banned in most countries - but the chemicals accumulate in oceans after being released in industrial waste. In high levels the chemicals are thought to affect human nervous, immune and reproductive systems.
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Other
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A pilot study examining contaminant loads in farmed salmon, wild salmon and commercial salmon feed
A pilot study examining contaminant loads in farmed salmon, wild salmon and commercial salmon feed has come to five intresting conclucions that follow:
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Other
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CANCER-CAUSING CHEMICALS IN FARMED SALMON
Friends of the Earth today (Wed 3 January) called for more Government research and the compulsory labelling of all farmed fish following news of the discovery of increased levels of cancer-causing PCB contamination in farmed salmon. Of greatest concern is the discovery of contamination was up to "ten times higher" in farmed fish than wild caught fish. [1]. In Scotland the salmon farming industry is worth ?260 million - greater than that of the Highland beef and lamb industries put together - and supports 6,500 jobs. Commenting, FoE's Director Kevin Dunion said:
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River fishing
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Man dies of jelly fish sting
An American tourist is in a critical condition in a north Queensland hospital after being stung by an irukandji jellyfish.
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Other
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Big sea-trout in Aust-Agder
A large number of sea-trout over 3kg have been caught of late between Risør and Lillesand. The largest of these has tipped the scales at 7kg. It is not so uncommon that fish between 500 gr. and 1 kg are caught in the spring month but this year record fish are turning up in greater numbers.
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Coastal fishing
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MARCH
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A COMBINATION OF BAD WEATHER AND BAD JUDGEMENT
Every Easter a large number of tourist flock to Norway to enjoy the perfect holiday, but all to often this ends in catastrophe.
Skot
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Coastal fishing
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Foreigneirs could buy all fishing quota
Foreign companies would face no legal barrier if they wanted to buy all of New Zealand's fishing quota, a High Court judge has ruled. Justice Ronald Young found that the Government's policy of "New Zealandising" the industry was not enshrined in law. Changes were made to the law in 1999 with the intent of tightening sales of quota to foreigners. A national-interest test had to be applied by the Overseas Investment Commission (OIC) and ministers when approving such sales.
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Other
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3rd world conference
Darwin has been confirmed as host of the 3rd World Recreational Fishing Conference next year after major sponsorship for the event was secured this week.
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Ocean fishing
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Commercial Fishermen protest outside court
Commercial fishermen have gathered outside the NSW Land and Environment Court to support a landmark case aimed at protecting the state's fishing industry.
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River fishing
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Legendary US Fly fisher Gary LaFontaine passed away
A great loss in the world of fly fishing
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Other
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The Frugal fisherman
Last month's monumental decision by the National Marine Fisheries Service to list the silver salmon as threatened under the Endangered Species Act may have you wondering, "what's going to happen to sport fishing on the northcoast?" Well, that's a good question! Now that these fish are protected by this federal ruling it surely will have an impact on local fishing, but it might not be as drastic as it seems. Fishing for other fish will continue.
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River fishing
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Cod-ban trawlers are wiping out young haddock
BRITISH fishermen banned from large areas of the North Sea as a European Commission emergency measure to protect cod are now wiping out juvenile haddock which are seen as even more important to the industry's future.
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River fishing
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SELFISH" IRISH GOVERNMENT IGNORES PLIGHT OF EUROPE'S THREATENED STOCKS OF WILD SALMON.
Not only is the Bush government taking a backward step for salmon conservation but the Irish goverenment is showing the world take It has no idea whats going on
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River fishing
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Clean up rivers and Atlantic salmon will come
Things are bad for wild Atlantic salmon all over, but that doesn't mean people should stop trying to help the fish, which are classified as endangered in Maine in eight rivers. That was the message at a salmon habitat workshop at the University of Maine that drew experts from the West Coast, Canada and Europe. Maine has the last wild Atlantic salmon in the United States. Of the 2,005 known wild Atlantic salmon rivers in the world, nearly 300 have lost their fish completely. Another 403 have populations that are endangered and populations are in critical conditions on another 236 rivers. Salmon have become extinct in 294 rivers
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River fishing
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Governments Should Act to Save Wild Atlantic Salmon, Says New Report
It a common problem that governments can not find a way to help the falling number of wild salmon.
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River fishing
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Salmon numbers continue to fall
The World Wide Fund for Nature says stocks of Atlantic salmon have reached their lowest-ever levels.
In the last 25 years, WWF says, salmon numbers have fallen from 800,000 to 80,000. It says urgent action is needed to save the species from extinction, and wants science-based catch limits. WWF says it is commercial fisheries in the United Kingdom and Ireland that are catching most of the salmon today. Representatives of member governments of the North Atlantic Salmon Conservation Organisation (NASCO) are gathering in Canada for the group's next meeting. Its members are Canada, Denmark, the European Union, Iceland, Norway, Russia and the US. NASCO assesses the status of wild salmon populations and develops policies to protect them. WWF "strongly urges NASCO members to follow the advice of scientists and adopt all necessary measures to restore runs of wild Atlantic salmon".
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River fishing
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Bush Pulls Back Salmon Protections
The Bush government has proven it reputation on protection of wild life yet again!
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River fishing
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Robot Sub Finds Food Stash Under Ice
Reasearcher have been suprised by finding in the Southern Oceans!!
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River fishing
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Yet another river system under a black cloud!
G’day as you can see we here at fishbooking have been keep busy since my arrival back from Australia. I have started to fill those stupid empty spaces in our page and I’m proud to say we have added a “ton” of information. In the last few weeks I have written the government rules for salmon and trout fishing, news ways to cook fish, and updated all the latest fishing news here in Norway. Norway's government has an image as the nature friendly power. All things such as our wild rivers and mountain are protected for both there economic and cultureral value. This is not the entire truth!
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River fishing
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JANUARY
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Fishbooking.com now in English!
Fishbooking.com is Norway’s newest wbsite that takes fishing seriously. The site was released in April 2001 and has quickly built a reputation as Norway’s biggest and most advanced fishing web page. We are now ready to release our English and German version.
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A mountain adventure on Hardangervidda western Norway
Every year my mates and I take a trip up into the high mountains plateau with the single objective of catching a brown trout over the magic kilo mark. Before we left our home in BERGEN we had agreed on a pact of fly-fishing only. What we didn’t know is our mate that we were to meet on the mountain had a trick up his sleeve. This would prove to be embarrassing for all of us involved in the contest of the year.
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Inland fishing
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