News & Features

Saving Sakhalin’s Tym River From Poachers

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

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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.)

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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.

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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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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.

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Sakhalin Fishermens’ Protection Efforts Deliver Returns

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

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Overfishing Halted on Sakhalin

Sakhalin Environment Watch steps up to protect northern salmon runs.

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New Salmon Protections in Russia

Federal Fishery Protected Zones will give communities and commercial fishermen new tools to guard against destructive development.

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Russia-US Exchange

Exchange gives Russians first-hand experience of the risks and rewards of US fishery management practices.

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