poaching

For 25 years, WSC and our Russian partners have been building layers of protection for Kamchatka’s salmon fisheries. A new report shows that it’s working.

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

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

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

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

Collaboration yielding results in environmental education, outreach, and anti-poaching efforts.