News & Features

Meet Melaney Dunne

Our new Salmon Watershed Scientist is boosting Wild Salmon Center’s science efforts in Mongolia and beyond.

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New Research Finds Taimen’s Supersized Strength in DNA

New research from scientists including WSC’s Dr. Matt Sloat suggests that protecting genetic diversity could help save the world’s largest salmonid.

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River Tigers

In a new film, WSC’s Guido Rahr travels deep into the Russian Far East, to the land of taimen. Journey Back in Time to the Tugur to meet the River Tiger. Premiering at the Banff Film Festival November 2020.

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Mongolia’s Taimen Rivers Have Answers

The massive, mysterious salmonid—revered by conservationists and anglers alike—is declining in Russia’s Far East. A new Wild Salmon Center research project in Mongolia could help protect taimen across their range.

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Sloat Named National Geographic Explorer

A generous grant from the National Geographic Society will continue WSC’s groundbreaking work researching Siberian and Sakhalin taimen, and it makes Dr. Sloat an official “National Geographic Explorer.”

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Field Notes: Unlocking Taimen Mysteries

In the Russian Far East we are working with partners to protect strongholds for taimen, the largest member of the trout and salmon family.

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Sakhalin Raid Busts Taimen Poachers

The operation on the Nabil River protects important wild salmon habitat that hosts critically endangered Sakhalin taimen.

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The Secrets of Japanese Giants

New technology and international effort produces deeper understanding of rare giant taimen.

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Tracking Giants in Japan

Notes from the Field: Hope for Sakhalin taimen on Japan’s Sarufutsu River.

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World’s Largest Fish Edges Toward Extinction

International scientific group reveals severe risk to all five species of Asia’s giant taimen.

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