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The Association of Supporters of the Conservation of Salmon Fish Species "Russian Salmon" announced the creation of the "Atlas of Salmonid of Russia."
Preparations are underway for security measures by Sakhalin-Krillon LLC on the Moguchi and Ulyanovka rivers (Crillon Peninsula).
Lev Anatolyevich Zhivotovsky published another book, autobiography "Your Footprints on the Landscapes of Science." The chapter "Geography + ecology + genetics" is devoted to the project of developing ecological and geographical units (EGU) using the example of Sakhalin taimen populations.
The American Fisheries Society published Matthew Sloat's article " What the Taimen Said: An Urgent Call for Conservation of the World’s Largest Salmonids".
An article Barabanschikov E. I., Nazarov V. A., Prozorova L. A. 2023. Preliminary assessment of the condition of Sakhalin taimen Parahucho perryi (Brevoort, 1856) in Primorsky Krai was published in the journal Biota and the Environment of Natural Areas
The publishing house of Vladivostok State University VVSU published a large collective monograph "Environmental Research in the Far East of Russia. History and modernity".
The report “Fantastic Freshwater: 50 Landmark Species for Conservation” was published on May 22, 2022 in honor of World Biodiversity Day.
X readings of the memory of prof. V. Ya. Levanidov was held in Vladivostok.
We have already reported on a stand dedicated to the Sakhalin taimen, installed on the shores of Lake Tunaycha.
In December 2022, the Border Directorate of the FSB of Russia for the Sakhalin Region in the water area of Tunaicha Lake stopped the illegal extraction of especially valuable aquatic biological resources by 5 persons who caught 17 copies of taimen, with a total weight of more than 50 kg.
A new article by Chinese geneticists has been published which presents the phylogeny of salmon fish based on the analysis of mitochondrial genomes.
The last issue of the Sakhalin Museum Bulletin in the past year is ready for publication, which contains an article by Sergei Makeev "On the Sakhalin Taimen Conservation Strategy".
Dmitriy Lisitsin informes: We are returned from anti-poaching raid in the north-east of Sakhalin, checked the Nabil Bay of the Okhotsk Sea of and the Nabil and Vazi rivers flowing into it.
On July 23, 2022, Resolution No. 1322 of the Government of the Russian Federation "Dachshunds for calculating the amount of harm caused to water biological resources listed in the Red Book of the Russian Federation" was issued.
response letter to the appeal sent a month ago to the Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology of the Russian Federation came
On the territory of the research center of the ANO "Wildlife Conservation Society" (WCS) there is a stand on rare species of animals and plants found in the Terney region.
The International Ecological Forum "Conservation of Biodiversity in the Asia-Pacific Region: 50 Years of the UNESCO Program Man and the Biosphere (MAB) " and in its framework the V Environmental Conference" Actual Problems of the Ecology of the Far East (in memory of Professor B. V. Preobrazhensky) " was held in Vladivostok back at the end of March.
The Boomerang Club opened an ecological and educational complex on the coast of Lake Tunaycha (Solnechny beach, p. Okhotsk) with the support of the Presidential Grants Fund.
A story appeared in the news about a Sakhalin man who caught and released the Sakhalin taimen. It is nice that other readers are positive about this.
On Lake Ainsky, located near Krasnogorsk, they want to reserve a land plot to create a specially protected natural area of regional significance and thereby limit economic activity on it.
A huge Siberian taimen weighing 28 kg was caught in the middle reaches of Iman (Big Ussurka).
One of the latest versions of the Red Book of Russian Federation, Animals, became available. Pages 330-334 are dedicated to the Siberian and Sakhalin taimens.
Sakhalin police published data on the results of the operation "Fishing".
The popular science publication from the series "Pearls of our Nature" was published in Khabarovsk. The authorship of the book belongs to the famous fish biologist Sergey F. Zolotukhin, this is already his 14th book.
The question was asked In Sakhalin fishing groups: "No one noticed dead taimens in the rivers and lakes of South Sakhalin without visible damage?"
Many dead bodies of the endangered large fish Ito, also known as "phantom fish," have been found in rivers in the Soya region of northern Hokkaido this summer.
The man deliberately arrived at the Belinskaya River and with the help of a telescopic fishing rod caught 5 individuals of taimen - fish listed in the Red Book of Russia.
A member of the Fly group caught and released Sakhalin taimen in the Tatar Strait near the Ilyinskoye village.
Sergey Serebryakov took part in a fishing expedition to the Langry River.
There are reports that more and more Sakhalin residents are releasing the young taimen accidentally caught on the fishing rod.
In the journal "Fishery Economy" No. 1. 2021, an article was published by Khabarovsk ichthyologist S. F. Zolotukhin and member of the Supervisory Board of the Russian Salmon Association I. V. Shcherbovich about record fishes of Siberian taimen in the Tugur river.
The authoritative journal Environ Biol Fish published a large article by Michio Fukushima and Peter Rand High rates of conservative spawning and precision homing in Sakhalin taimen (Parahucho perryi).
The Russian Salmon Association together with the Wild Salmon Center has released and distributes new materials on the catch-and-release principle.
The publication "June Taimens" is published on the website of Mikhail Skopets, a famous ichthyologist and flyfisher from Khabarovsk.
The updated and strengthened Association "Russian Salmon" launched an unique Internet project "Salmon Map of Russia" dedicated to the salmon family.
Valery Pavlovich Bushuev died (1950-2020).
He was a very versatile scientist and teacher. In the late 1970s was engaged in the study of Sakhalin taimen of the Kievka River (South Primorye).
A new article on the use of the latest ecoDNA method to study the distribution of Sakhalin taimen was published in the journal Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution.
After a significant break, access to the Sakhalin Taimen in the 21st Century website was reopened. Congratulations to all lovers of this beautiful fish!
According to the Sakhalin branch of the Federal State Budgetary Institution Glavrybvod, the next release of the Sakhalin taimen was held in the Komissarovka River.
The following message appeared on the website of the Sakhalin branch of the FSBI Glavrybvod.
New book by Mikhail Skopetz "Salmon Fish of the Far East of Russia" was published.
The Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation registered on April 2 the Order of the Ministry of natural resources No. 162 of 03.24.2020
Criminal investigation officers of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation on the Noglik district as a result of operational and search activities identified a 36-year-old local resident suspected of acquiring water resources obtained by illegal means.
The final version of the list of animals in the next edition of the Red Book of Russian Federation in the form of an order of the Ministry of Natural Resources has been sent for registration to the Ministry of Justice.
The criminal investigation officers of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation in the Noglik district as a result of operational and search activities have identified a local resident suspected of illegally catching red-book species.
Congratulations came on behalf of Mikhail Skopets. In the role of Santa Claus is Siberian taimen Hucho taimen, but in the modern edition of the Red Book of Russian Federation included the population of the Sakhalin Island where it may well live next to the Sakhalin taimen Parahucho perryi (populations of the Primorye region and Sakhalin region).
We received the proposal of Olga Krever, Deputy Director of FSBU "Information and Analytical Center for Support of Reserve Business" Ministry of Natural Resources of Russia
During the Second Local History Readings of Memory of A. K. Klitin Rinat Nigmatzyanovich Sabirov, Senior Researcher of the Institute of Marine Geology of Geophysics of Russian Academy of Sciences, made a report "The State of Forest Vegetation of the Dagi River Basin."
The Ministry of Natural Resources announced the approval of the new composition of the Commission on Rare and Endangered Animals, Plants and Fungi. Its chairman was Amirkhan Amirkhanov, Deputy Head of Rosprirodnadzor.
A law has been officially published to tighten liability for illegal extraction and trafficking of animal objects included in the Red Book
The journal Environmental Biology of Fisheries published new article by Michio Fukushima with co-authors "Anadromy sustained in the articulatively land-locked population of Sakhalin taimen in northern Japan" about the land-locked populations of Sakhalin taimen.
The Japanese newspaper Hokkaido Simbun published an article by Hosokawa Sinya
In Vladivostok with assistance of WWF the unique atlas of "Fish of Amur" was issued. Its edition became one of events of the International Year of the salmon.
There was a message about the next joint raid on the Gulf Nabil and the rivers of PU FSB and "Sakhalin Environment Watch" flowing into it.
According to Alexander Antonov (VNIRO Sakhalin branch), in the lower watercourse of Dolinka flowing into the Sea of Okhotsk to the north of Ochepukha spawning of the Sakhalin taimen is noted.
The State Duma adopted in the first reading amendments to the Criminal code, toughening punishment for catch of "Red Book" water bioresources.
Article "Tsar Fish of Sakhalin Rivers" adapted from publications on the website about Sakhalin taimen is posted on the website of State Budgetary Institution Sakhalin Tourist Information Centre (TIC).
The Sakhalin regional public organization Bumerang Club developed and made a series of board local history games ("Zoo-pathfinder", "Sea friends", "Reserved territories", "The Sakhalin geographical lotto", "Hide-and-seek with animals" and others).
There was a message about the trial of the resident of Sakhalin who caught 23 Sakhalin taimens , fall of 2018 in the lake Tunaicha which took place in Korsakov.
The bill of toughening of punishment for illegal catch and turn of especially valuable species of the wild animals and water bioresources included in the Red List is introduced to the State Duma.
This winter ichthyologist, specialist in sports fishing and fishing tourism Mikhail Skopets holds seminars on "Taimens: biology, catching, protection". Seminars are intended for the tour operators offering fishing tours, guides and also for all fans of catching on artificial fly.
Seminars take place with assistance of Russian Salmon non-profit
Sergey Makeev and Mikhail Skopets visited the deputy minister of forest and hunting economy of the Sakhalin region Dudarev D. V. At a meeting there was also a head of department of OOPT Chernyavskaya E.G.
The very first serious scientific work about Sakhalin taimen, except for fragmets in lists of fishes of Berg (1916, 1948), Taranets (1937)? Nikolsky (1950) is found and posted on the website in the section "Reports".
One more news from Mikhail Skopets. He posted on his website a handbook on water ecology "How river is arranged".
Mikhail Skopets placed invitation on workshop-presentation "Catching of taimen by flyfishing".
The police investigative department on Korsakov brought criminal case concerning the local resident who is suspected of commission of the crime provided by the point "b" of Part 2 of Article 258.1 of the Criminal Code of Russian Federation.
The subject of preservation of gray whales and Sakhalin taimen is covered in the special program of OTV "Habitat".
Skull of the Sakhalin taimen necessary for archeoichtyologists to define its remains in shell’s heaps at ancient settlements.
There comes the period of illegal fishing of taimen on the wintering pools.
On November 27, 2018 in the Big Hall of the Sakhalin Government there took place the regular meeting of the Working expert group on a biodiversity (WEG).
The resolution of the Russian Federation Government of November 3 No. 1321 approved dachshunds for calculation of the extent of the damage caused to water biological resources.
In one of social networks the photo caught in the lake Sandy (Kunashir Island) of Sakhalin taimen is placed.
Information on presence of mass Sakhalin taimen juveniles in the lower Nituy River has arrived (in Makarov's district).
Interregional meeting of Rosrybolovstvo on preservation of water bioresources and the environment of their dwelling, including control and supervising functions, in the Far East fishery basin has taken place in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk.
Dr. Mathew Sloat and taimen conservation supported by National Geographic Society.
November 7-8, 2017 in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk there has taken place the scientific conference "The Current State and the Prospects of Development of Salmon Economy in the Russian Far East".
The federal law of June 27 "About introduction of amendments to the Criminal Code of Russian Federation and the Code of Criminal Procedure of Russian Federation" has made amendments which concern improvement and strengthening of criminal liability for a number of ecological crimes.
According to Mikhail Skopets fishing expedition has conducted on Tugur.
Symposium devoted to the Sakhalin taimen – Ito there has passed In the settlement of Sarufutsu on the northeast coast of Hokkaido Island.
As a result of joint security actions of the Sakhalin Border Service and "Sakhalin Environmental Watch” the group of the poachers who have caught 34 Sakhalin taimen in the Gulf Nabil’ is detained.
The Wild Salmon Center has suggested to begin the program of studying of populations of the Siberian taimen in the key rivers of Far East (Tugur, Bichi, Pilda, Koppi) with use of modern technologies of tracking of individual animals for a long time.
In Okha's cafe "Astoria" police officers have found in the freezer 60 kg of Kaluga meat and the Sakhalin taimen weighing 12 kg.
On Sakhalin, Mikhail Borisovich Skopets, Ph.D., master of fly fishing, author of numerous publications, visited the "Taimen Conservation Program" supported by the non-commercial partnership "Russian Salmon".
It appears on the Vavay Lake there is a lot of Sakhalin taimen!
The question is sent to the President of the Russian Federation V.V. Putin on the Jine 5 - World Environment Day via the website of "Straight line".
Scientific conference "Artificial Reproduction of Pacific Salmons in the Far East of Russia" there has taken place in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk on May 29-30.
21th meeting of Working Expert Group on biodiversity of Interdepartmental Ecological Council of Sakhalin region have taken place in the Small Hall of Administration of Sakhalin region.
At the end of 2017 at a meeting of the biological section FGBNU VNIRO the recommendation for FGBNU "TINRO-center" is made to prepare biological justification on an exception of taimen from list of anadromous species of fish approved by the order of Rosrybolovstvo from 2.26.2009 with No. 147.
Six thousand eggs of Sakhalin taimen have put on May 16 at the Okhotsk hatchery, reports a news topic of "Sakhalin" TV company. Before within a month ichthyologists leading by chief ichthyologist Igor Bobrov from Sakhalin branch Federal State Budgetary Institution Glavrybvod have caught 2 females and 11 males of rare fish in the Tunaicha Lake.
On April 27 at the regular meeting of Ecological Council of Sakhalin the report prepared by D.V. Lisitsyn and S.S. Makeev "About measures for conservation of Sakhalin taimen" was heard.
The Order of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection of Russian Federation of July 12, 2017 No. 403 "About the statement of an order of the organization of activity of public inspectors on environmental protection" is approved and signed.
Meeting on the consolidated position of holding compensation actions has taken place in SakhNIRO.
Two types of booklets devoted to preservation of disappearing Sakhalin taimen are released with assistance of the LLC Rosneft-Sakhalinmorneftegaz company.
To Hokkaido have begun to apply a modern method of monitoring of rare species of animals – ecodNA (eDNA, environmental DNA).
The bill toughening criminal penalty for illegal cath and trade in water bioresources and other animals is introduced to the State Duma. Punishment for purchase and sale of "Red Book" species on the Internet is prescribed.
The Ministry of forest and hunting economy of the Sakhalin region has placed the message about expansion of the existing network of especially protected natural territories.
There was a message about the next project of Ministry of forest and hunting economy of the Sakhalin region: https://sakhalin.info/ecology/145764
On the round table organized by Public chamber of the Sakhalin region and devoted to utilization of petrowaste the message about advance of work on justification of the new especially protected natural territories was heard: https://sakhalin.info/news/145535
It is known that for advance of flagship symbol it is useful to find some famous media person.
In October experts from SakhNIRO conducted an expedition down the river Nabil' with assistance of LLC Gazprom dobycha Shelf.
Today the press release is widespread on news agencies of the Far East.
The public lecture of V.S. Labay "Waterways of Sakhalin island: life in fluid water" has taken place on November 29 in the Sakhalin regional museum.
On November 28 in the Small Hall of the Sakhalin region Government 20th meeting of Working expert group on biodiversity at Ecological Council of Sakhalin region has taken place.
On November 9 at the Regional local history conference VII Ryzhkovsky readings the report "Live pride of Sakhalin" was heard.
On November 2 the big interview of S.S. Makeev "Taimen - a brand of Nogliksky district" is published in the newspaper of Nogliksky district Znamya Truda.
Salmon crisis has unexpectedly led to new opportunities - the regional power has paid attention to what was offered 10 years ago.
On Sakhalin create two wildlife areas for protection of salmon.
During another trip to Nogliksky district in library the meeting with the active public of the area is held.
During another trip to Nogliksky district on the project of preservation of Sakhalin taimen, on the rivers of the area among amateur fishers the laminated leaflet was distributed.
Ecologists are concerned by scales of illegal trade on the Nabil’ River
The offer on inclusion in the resolution of V All-Russian Congress of environment protection a question of development and acceptance of Sakhalin taimen Conservation Strategy is sent to Department of Federal Nature Management Supervision Service (Rosprirodnadzor) across the Sakhalin region.
The sad message has come from Poland - Andrzej Witkovsky has died on September 27.
During the joint Russian-Japanese expedition on studying of fish fauna of the South of Sakhalin, on September 28, 2017 in the river Igrivaya (Korsakovsky district) the juvenile of the Sakhalin taimen is found.
The international conference "Salmonid: biology, protection and reproduction" (18.09 - 9/22/2017, Petrozavodsk, the Republic of Karelia) has just ended.
During the expedition to Nogliksky district during trade of chum salmon one fisherman has shown the video topic shot with phone how other fisherman releases of quite large taimen.
Big article about application of the latest methods in studying of behavior endangered species appeared in the Japanese English-language scientific magazine Ichthyological Research (Honda et al., 2017).
In August LLC Gazprom Dobycha Shelf Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk announced the tender for development and realization of actions for conservation and restoration of Sakhalin taimen population of the Nabil' River. In the technical project it was quite strange to see things which should be carried out within a year, and term was allotted only 3 months until the end of year.
In the center of Krasnogorsk village of Tomarinsky district the banner on behalf of Tomarinsky prosecutor's office explaining responsibility for catching of Sakhalin taimen hangs.
New information on condition of populations Sakhalin and Siberian taymens in the Northwest - in the region with the richest freshwater fish fauna on Sakhalin is obtained.
RPF can't be risen to the burning issue of poaching long ago. Recently in the Sakhalin office of the Front our proposals on the anti-illegal program with use of an image of the Sakhalin taimen are submitted.
n the middle of June information on the first joint raid on protection of Sakhalin taimen on the Nabilsky gulf has made a noise.
The proposal on development of tourist capacity of the Sakhalin region is submitted to Agency.
To protect Sakhalin taimen on Sakhalin impossible?
Since the end of May on pages of the regional newspaper "Gubernskiye Vedomosti" ("fatty" appears every Thursday) the heading "We Will Keep the Sakhalin Taimen"
The meeting of this group at Ecological Council of Sakhalin region has taken place still on May 19, but only the resolution has been finally agreed with recommendations recently.
At last we can report about beginning of work of the new website devoted to pride of our nature – Sakhalin taimen.