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Volume III, Issue 1, News Links
Director of Wild Salmon Center Science Programs Featured in Japanese Media
As part of a series of articles focusing of "People of 2004," Hokkaido's leading newspaper Shimbun features an article on Xanthippe Augerot, director of science programs, entitled "Hope for Shiretoko's Rivers." Dr. Augerot was interviewed for the paper while attending the annual North Pacific Anadromous Fish Commission (NPAFC) conference.
The article begins by introducing the Wild Salmon Center as "the leading international NGO for salmon research and conservation." Then goes on to describe the loss of habit from dam building and river diversion and Japan's reliance on hatcheries as a way to boost declining populations of salmon. The Shimbun story continues by stating that salmon are not just important for economic reasons but for spiritual and cultural reasons and that in Hokkaido, the Shiretoko Peninsula has been nominated by the Japanese government to become a World Heritage Site. The Wild Salmon Center is planning to collaborate with Japanese scientists to understand and protect these rivers.
Wild Salmon Center Presents Strategy at the 13th Annual Forest Conference
Dave Moskowitz, Cascadia Salmon Biodiversity program Director lead a session to discuss the future of the Tillamook and Clatsop state forests in Northwestern Oregon on January 28th in Ashland, Oregon. Building upon the theme of the conference: Beyond Boundaries -- Protecting Public, Industrial, and Private Forests throughout the Americas, Mr. Moskowitz presented the strategy, the development and the outcomes of Measure 34 -- the statewide ballot measure aimed to change the forest management plan for the Tillamook and Clatsop State Forests. He described how the concept was created, how the campaign went and analyzed the results. Mr. Moskowitz also discussed the potential next steps for state forest activists, as well as conservation opportunities on state lands that may arise in the 2005 Oregon Legislative Session.
Recreational Fisheries Management Exchange Report Available on Website
Thanks to generous support from the Trust for Mutual Understanding and the United Nations Development Programme, the Wild Salmon Center hosted international fisheries management experts from three countries to participate in the 2004 exchange in Oregon and Washington State. The goal of this exchange was to assist leaders in the Russian Far East's regional fisheries management to devise ecologically, socially and financially responsible strategies to cope with recreational angling demand. A full report on the exchange is available in both English and Russian.
Sakhalin Governor Supports Sakhalin Salmon Initiative
Cited from Gubernskiye Vedomosti (Sakhalin Daily Newspaper)
Yesterday Ivan Malakhov [Governor of Sakhalin] met with the coordinator for Russia of the American organization Wild Salmon Center, David Martin, and the chairman of the Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk-based Sakhalin Fund for Wild Nature, Sergei Makeev. They presented to the Governor a pilot project of the Center, which they are proposing to implement on Sakhalin.
The aim of the project is to study, with the help of American ecologists, one of the salmon rivers of Sakhalin, where natural salmon reproduction has been damaged, and develop measures to restore the ecological balance. This will lead to the chance to study conservation of wild salmon populations throughout the whole oblast [region, state].
The Governor told those present that, despite regional government programs to stimulate artificial salmon reproduction and construction of new hatcheries, he still welcomes and supports efforts to protect wild populations. The head of the region directed the Department of Fisheries to work out the details of the pilot project.
Maria Istomina, Gubernskiye Vedomosti, 2/16/05