Annual mid-season meeting

Tuesday, 20. at Orkla, was held the annual mid-season meeting drawn up by the "Directoratet for naturforvaltning" policies for the regulation of fishing anadromous salmonids inside the period 2008 - 2012. It is required that all national salmon rivers holds middle season meeting to evaluate the season with a view to the spawning stock goal (GBM ) is achieved.
In addition to the Board of Orkla Management attended the three hunters and fishermen associations in Orkla, representative from local government, supervision and Council Chairman at the meeting.

The season 2010 started well, despite we had a late spring. Much rain has produced good fishing conditions in much of the season and catches have been at times very good.

+7 kg's fish has been better than usual, which is mainly due to the delayed start of the sea net fishing. So far, there has been an average run of medium weight salmon. In the past it has in the lower parts of the river been very well with grilse (1-2 kg). Reports from the sea also provides the basis for expecting a further rise of medium weight salmon and grilse..

Project "follow me"

In April, almost a hundred wintered salmon-kelts (støinger) have been caught in Orkla.

This week 10 of them get free ride far out the sea, those will bear very advanced electronics.

The research that the University of Tromsø and NINA (Norwegian Institute for Nature Research) together, will provide information about salmon migration at sea. A selection "støinger" from Orkla will bear a very advanced and expensive transmitter, which stores data that can provide information about where they have swum. 1st of November the transmitter will release from the fish body, whether the salmon is the river or sea. Then it flows up and scientists collects the data via satellite.

A small selection of fish from the river Neiden and Alta, and from some rivers in Ireland and Iceland are also equipped with the same advanced transmitters. - Video from the event here