They Got These Humpys Comin' In

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"The Norwegian Environment Agency has reported positive outcomes from the deployment of salmon traps, with some rivers in Varanger seeing nearly no humpback salmon upstream of the barriers. The effectiveness of these measures was highlighted as ten traps successfully prevented almost 100,000 humpback salmon from ascending Eastern Finnmark rivers to spawn this summer, illustrating a potential strategy to halt the invasive species’ expansion and protect Norway’s indigenous fish populations and biodiversity."

I guess this can be a new jobs program because I suspect they are going to have to remain vigilant in these efforts.
 
Not sure where it costs 20K a week to fish the Gaula. While in Norway next summer I will be on the Gaula for a couple weeks again for a good bit less than half that price. That includes superb lodging, phenomenal meals and many miles of the Gaula to fish both above and below the Gaulfoss in addition to intriguing water on the Bua. The humpy issue must be a recent occurrence as I never heard mention of it around camp over the past 8 years. Frankly my fishing has improved since I started going there. While that may partially be due to increased familiarity with the resource as I do it on my own without guides it also appears to be reflected among those that do go the guided route. I do love fishing and just being in Norway.
 
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If the Norwegians want to be rid of pink salmon, all they have to do is contract with U.S. state and federal salmon agencies to manage a commercial pink salmon fishery in Norway. That will reduce them to insignificant abundance in hardly any time at all, based on their track records.
 
I need to send a sand coated, sunbaked Humpy recipe over to my relatives in Norway...
 
albula said:
Not sure where it costs 20K a week to fish the Gaula. While in Norway next summer I will be on the Gaula for a couple weeks again for a good bit less than half that price. That includes superb lodging, phenomenal meals and many miles of the Gaula to fish both above and below the Gaulfoss in addition to intriguing water on the Bua. The humpy issue must be a recent occurrence as I never heard mention of it around camp over the past 8 years. Frankly my fishing has improved since I started going there. While that may partially be due to increased familiarity with the resource as I do it on my own without guides it also appears to be reflected among those that do go the guided route. I do love fishing and just being in Norway.
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I wish you nothing but the best on your Norwegian 2024 humpy quest!
 
Appreciate the thought. Perhaps if I am fortunate (very) I can send you a pic of a sea-liced chromer that pushes 15 kilos as it does indeed happen. It will be a cherished quest regardless of the results.
 
albula said:
Not sure where it costs 20K a week to fish the Gaula. While in Norway next summer I will be on the Gaula for a couple weeks again for a good bit less than half that price. That includes superb lodging, phenomenal meals and many miles of the Gaula to fish both above and below the Gaulfoss in addition to intriguing water on the Bua. The humpy issue must be a recent occurrence as I never heard mention of it around camp over the past 8 years. Frankly my fishing has improved since I started going there. While that may partially be due to increased familiarity with the resource as I do it on my own without guides it also appears to be reflected among those that do go the guided route. I do love fishing and just being in Norway.
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Love Norway…. Most of my wife’s relatives live there. Based out of Bryne and the area’s farming district. Stavanger being the major city near by. Quite a bit north of where you’ll be. Beautiful country, delicious food, awesome beaches, good health.
 
FishyJere said:
How did they get there in the first place?
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Introduced deliberately to rivers in Russia in the 1960’s. Pinks tend to stray, and have spread from the initial introduction sites.

I don’t know whether they are thriving in the areas where they were introduced, or whether they have affected the Atlantic salmon populations there. I suspect that the thinking behind the introduction may have been that there would not be much overlap between spawning areas and times between the two, as pinks spawn lower down in most systems, and earlier in the year.
 
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