News & Features

Guido Rahr

In Russia, a Growing Call for Salmon Conservation

Business leaders connected with the Russian Salmon Association and WSC are stepping up in big ways for salmon and rivers.

Read More
Dmitry Lisitsyn

Saving Sakhalin’s Tym River From Poachers

Several residents of a village on northeastern Sakhalin Island managed the impossible: stopping a poaching epidemic.

Read More
WSC Staff

Russians Learn How the “Salmon State” Operates

Among the takeaways from Wild Salmon Center’s September 2019 U.S./Russia Exchange in Alaska: different ways to run hatcheries, fisheries, and anti-poaching programs. (Still unresolved: which nation has the tastier fish.)

Read More
Sakhalin Environment Watch

Langeri River Restored

A Russian stronghold for salmon makes a comeback from past mining pollution.

Read More
© Dagi mit Regenbogen

New Sakhalin Reserves in the Works

Sakhalin Island’s governor plans new protected areas for Nabil and Dagi rivers, two strongholds for salmon and Sakhalin taimen.

Read More
Wild Salmon Center

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.

Read More
Sakhalin Environment Watch

Sakhalin Raid Busts Taimen Poachers

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

Read More
© Wild Salmon Center

Ultimate Allies: Mikhail Skopets

Fisheries biologist and fishing guide Mikhail Skopets shares about his early years with Wild Salmon Center in the Russian Far East.

Read More
Wild Salmon Territory

Sakhalin Fishermens’ Protection Efforts Deliver Returns

Increased anti-poaching efforts are tied to healthy salmon runs on Sakhalin Island’s northeast coast.

Read More
Sakhalin Environment Watch

Overfishing Halted on Sakhalin

Sakhalin Environment Watch steps up to protect northern salmon runs.

Read More