Seminar
A seminar will be held in Ylitornio, Finland, the 22nd
of February 2001, at 12.30-16.00. Östen Karlström and
Olli Tuunainen will present and discuss their report on
wild salmon in Torne River. Mikael Törmä, Luleå University
of Technology, Luleå, Sweden, will present the report
on the role of local government in wild salmon management
as well as the role of recreational fishing to the local
economy. Dan Blomkvist, County of Norrbotten, Luleå, Sweden,
and Jaakko Ylitalo, County of Lappland, Rovaniemi, Finland,
will also participate at the seminar.
Participation
at the seminar, please call 0922-156 40, 0922-156 41,
or facsimile 0922-143 95.
The
decline of wild Atlantic- and Baltic salmon stocks
The decline of wild Atlantic- and Baltic salmon stocks
in recent years are well documented. In Norway one third
of the salmon stocks are classified as wiped out, threatened
or vulnerable. Scotland has experienced the same development
and the situation for the wild Atlantic salmon is described
as difficult and challenged. Also salmon rivers in Sweden
and Finland where the salmon migrates to the Baltic Sea
are reduced from 120 to 38, and in many of these rivers
the salmon stock is kept up through an intensive program
of restocking. The present situation calls for action.
The project focuses on six rivers/communities in Norway
(Saltdal, Beiarn, Skibotn, Nordreisa, Alta and Neiden)
four Scottish rivers (River Dee, Conon, Carron and Applecross)
as well as the Swedish-Finnish border river, Torne River.
The project is run by Bodö Regional University (lead partner),
Inverness College and The Council of Torne Valley. The
project ends in September 2001.
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The
Swedish-Finnish sub-project
The Swedish-Finnish sub-project partly aims to study the
role of local government, i.e. the communal level, in
wild salmon management and also the significance of recreational
fishing to the local economy. Of interest to the first
issue is what the communal level can do in wild salmon
management as well as what they actually are doing, considering
relevant regulation. The main question here is; what is
the actual role of the commune in wild salmon management?
Can the role be developed and in that case how? Of interest
to the second issue is to investigate the effects of recreational
fishing on the annual turnover of the local economy, spin
off effects included, and the effects on employment in
the local area. How large increase in turnover can recreational
fishing generate and what is its impact on employment?
The report is expected to be finished at the end of February
2001.
