On a recent trip to Ecuador, Nora and I detoured from traveling down the High Andes to spend a week at the coast. We picked Puerto Lopez, a charming, small fishing town. Our beach-front lodging at the edge of town was surrounded by trees with hammocks and a tree house for guests. It was a quite and idyllic setting that lasted for three days. Early on the […]
See also: “Kamchatka: Coastal sockeye salmon fishery“ and “Kamchatka: the in-river sockeye salmon fishery“. Ozernaya River sockeye salmon is one of the most highly prized salmon fisheries in the Russian Far East. It is the largest sockeye salmon stock in Asia. The fishery is well managed, especially compared to other Russian salmon fisheries. The escapement, or the returning fish that have successfully passed the fishing grounds without
See also: “Kamchatka: Coastal sockeye salmon fishery“. Unlike the salmon fisheries in the Untied States, Russian commercial fishermen catch a substantial proportion of salmon in rivers. On Kamchatka Peninsula in the Russian Far East, the regional government has recently leased fishing parcels, both coastal and in-river, to Russian fishing companies for 20 years. One of the goals for the long-term leases was to incentivize local fishermen to maintain
Just like in Alaska, the US Pacific Northwest and northern California, Pacific salmon are the keystone species to the Russian Far East. Unlike the Pacific Northwest, six species of salmon spawn in the Russian Far East. Masu, or cherry salmon, is the 6th species only found in the western Pacific Ocean along east Asia. Pink, chum and sockeye salmon are abundant and commercially important. With
Busan (formerly, Pusan), South Korea’s second largest city, is known for many things. It is Korea’s largest port city, the country’s commerce hub. It is a busy and popular beach, also Korea’s largest. Of Korea’s largest cities, it’s also nearest to Japan. My interests in Busan were slightly less touristy – I wanted to see an old graduate school friend and explore the famed Jagalchi Market. The Jagalchi Fish