Meet salmon farmers and researchers from Canada and England.

In connection with the project sharing our knowledge, we welcome local fishermen to meet our friends from Unama´ki, from the east coast of Canada, to talk about salmon, climate change, management and culture.

The meeting place is open to everyone and there are many of us who can help with interpretation if needed.

There will be some lectures that will be announced later.

Welcome!

Presentation of research results Recosal - May 20th, Town Hall, Utsjok, 4:30 PM to 8:30 PM (Finnish time)

The research projects RecoSal and DEATNU , led by the Finnish Natural Resources Institute (LUKE) and ending this year, are organising two discussion meetings on the most important results from the projects: assessment of the state of salmon stocks, the role of predation on salmon smolts and fry, the use of traditional and local knowledge in salmon stock assessment and decision-making, and the status and development needs of salmon planning and decision-making. We will also present and discuss advice for research and management.

See more information about RecoSal here: Recovering diversity in salmon populations and cultures of fishing: the subarctic River Teno basin as a confluence and a Living Lab (RecoSal) | Natural Resources Institute Finland

The events are held on the Norwegian and Finnish sides:  

20 May Town Hall, Utsjok, 16.30 to 20.30 (Finnish time)

 The event will be interpreted between Norwegian, Finnish and Sami. Light refreshments will be served.

16.30 About the RecoSal project results and our recommendations – by Jaakko Erkinaro (LUKE)

16.45 Results from research on salmon and salmon fishing

                            Martin Svenning (NINA): Results and recommendations on fishing for predators

Jaakko Erkinaro and Antti Räty (LUKE): Combining traditional knowledge and salmon biology. Recommendations for future salmon management

                                                         Commentary from the Tenovasdragets fishing region at Niilo Aikio

Discussion

Pause

18.30 Results from research on collaboration and management

Juha Hiedanpää, Mikko Jokinen (LUKE), Jarno Valkonen, and Mikko Äijälä (University of Rovaniemi): The DEATNU project

Laila Pellennec and Camilla Brattland (UiT): The challenges of administration and our recommendations for increased collaboration

Comment from the Finnish Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry by Tapio Hakaste and from Suoma Sámiid Guovddášsearvi by Aslak Holmberg

Discussion

20.00 Closing by Juha Hiedanpää (LUKE)

Registration to mikko.jokinen@luke.fi

Presentation of research results Recosal - Karasjok 19 May SAMETINGET

The research projects RecoSal and DEATNU , led by the Finnish Natural Resources Institute (LUKE) and ending this year, are organising two discussion meetings on the most important results from the projects: assessment of the state of salmon stocks, the role of predation on salmon smolts and fry, the use of traditional and local knowledge in salmon stock assessment and decision-making, and the status and development needs of salmon planning and decision-making. We will also present and discuss advice for research and management.

See more information about RecoSal here: Recovering diversity in salmon populations and cultures of fishing: the subarctic River Teno basin as a confluence and a Living Lab (RecoSal) | Natural Resources Institute Finland

 The events are held on the Norwegian and Finnish sides:  

Tuesday, May 19th at 3 pm (Norwegian time), Karasjok, Sami Parliament  

15.00 Opening speech at the Sami Parliament in Norway

About the RecoSal project results and our recommendations – by Jaakko Erkinaro (LUKE)

15.30 Results from research on salmon and salmon fishing

                       Martin Svenning (NINA): Results and recommendations on fishing for predators

Jaakko Erkinaro and Antti Räty (LUKE): Combining traditional knowledge and salmon biology. Recommendations for future salmon management

                               Comment from the Tanavassdragets fish management by Benn Larsen

Discussion

Pause

17.30 Results from research on collaboration and management

Juha Hiedanpää and Mikko Jokinen (LUKE): The DEATNU project

Therese Bjärstig (Umeå University, Laila Pellennec and Camilla Brattland (UiT): The challenges of administration and our recommendations for increased collaboration

Discussion

19.00 Closing by Juha Hiedanpää (LUKE) 

There will be interpretation (Northern Sami, Norwegian, Finnish). You will need a smartphone on which you can install an app to get interpretation. Also bring headphones. The organizers have some extra headphones.

Registration to Camilla Brattland by email camilla.brattland@uit.no

Coffee and snacks are served.  

Welcome! 

Welcome to the fly tying course.

Both beginners and experienced fly tyers are welcome.

The course is suitable for children, teenagers, adults and the elderly.

Theme: Salmon fly

Course leader: Egil Kvernmo

The Tanavassdraget's fisheries management together with Joddu has invited Einar Pettersen, who has solid experience in catching mink, to share his knowledge about mink catching over a good cup of coffee next Tuesday. 

American mink, which are found along our waterways, are a result of previous escapes from mink farms and pose a significant threat to waterway and coastal nature, both for fish, birds and amphibians, including salmon and sea trout. The Tana River Basin Fish Management is therefore paying a bounty of 750 NOK per mink and is seeking increased knowledge and more participants in the volunteer effort.

Everyone is welcome, from beginners to experienced mink hunters who can also share their experiences.

Welcome

Welcome to the fly tying course.

Both beginners and experienced fly tyers are welcome.

The course is suitable for children, teenagers, adults and the elderly.

Course leaders: Regine Emilie Mathisen and Pierre Fagard

The salmon needs mosquitoes too!

Mosquitoes are an annoyance and what's worse... but with their long history on earth, they have more roles than just draining us and other animals of blood.

A little about species, how they live, and a little about what we don't know. This is a lecture about mosquitoes and mosquito diversity in Norway and Finnmark.

Paul Eric Aspholm from NIBIO will give an engaging lecture about the mosquito - which we all know but which we may not know enough about on Thursday, March 26th at 6:00 PM at the Wild Salmon Center.

Welcome to the fly tying course.

Both beginners and experienced fly tyers are welcome.

The course is suitable for children, teenagers, adults and the elderly.

Course leaders: Regine Emilie Mathisen and Pierre Fagard

Welcome to the fly tying course.

Both beginners and experienced fly tyers are welcome.

The course is suitable for children, teenagers, adults and the elderly.

Course leaders: Regine Emilie Mathisen and Pierre Fagard

The salmon needs mosquitoes too!

Mosquitoes are an annoyance and what's worse... but with their long history on earth, they have more roles than just draining us and other animals of blood.

A little about species, how they live, and a little about what we don't know.

Paul Eric Aspholm from NIBIO will give an engaging lecture about the mosquito - which we all know but which we may not know enough about on Tuesday, March 4th at 6:00 PM at the Wild Salmon Center.

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PROGRAM

10.30 Meeting at the humpback salmon trap . Observation of the trap together with the Norwegian Veterinary Institute, NIBIO, international research group, knowledge carriers and local experts. 

12:00 Lunch at Kievra Cafe

13 00 Workshop at the Wild Salmon Center. The language is English and there will be translation to and from Norwegian.

Introduction of participants/the project/workshop.

Paul Eric Aspholm, NIBIO talks about data on climate change in the region.

      How does climate change affect the river system?  

         Water experts from Cranfield University (England), Heather Smith and Andrea Momblanch, talk about climate risk in watercourses in general.

        Local participants are invited to identify how climate change is affecting waterways, culture and society in the lower reaches of the Deatnu/Tana River Basin.  

15:00 Departure 

If you have any old or new photos, maps or anything else that illustrates changes in and around the river, how this affects you and yours, or what value the river and fishing have for you, please feel free to bring this to the workshop. 

Welcome!

This book contains tips on food, packing, clothing, accommodation and much more.

100 hiking tips with Siri Haugen is a book with Siri's very best hiking tips. She wrote this book to get more people out into nature and to make them feel like they have something to do there.

The goal of this book is to inspire more people to go out and dare to take the next step, such as sleeping outside in the winter, going on a trip to a new place, or perhaps taking a friend or family member with you on a trip.

Siri Haugen is 17 years old. She is from Ålesund and has spent countless hours outdoors in nature and the mountains in Ålesund and Sunnmøre, but she has also gone on trips in the rest of the country and abroad.

– I created the book to get more people out into nature, and for them to feel confident in what they are doing, and maybe take the next step of going somewhere new.

She is very adventurous and moved to... Tana in Finnmark to attend high school on a nationwide dog sledding course. Dog sledding has become a sport she loves and her dream is to do long-distance dog sledding when she grows up.

NRK reviews…

Open information meeting about the humpback salmon project in 2025 in the Environmental Building, Tana bridge, Thursday, June 19 at 6:00 p.m.

Organizer: Norwegian Environment Agency and Norwegian Veterinary Institute

Now it is just before the humpback salmon will once again enter the rivers of Finnmark, probably in large numbers. The state has allocated a lot of money to combat the alien species, which originates and lives naturally in the Pacific Ocean.

In the Tana River, work is now underway to get the final details on the trap to be ready to stop the humpback salmon while allowing the tana salmon and other local fish to migrate both up and down the river with the least possible impact. By the end of June, a barrier fence with several entrance traps and downstream migration solutions will be in place at Seida. In addition to the barrier solution itself, improvements have been made to a number of details compared to the barrier fence and guardrail that stood at Seidaholmen in 2023.

In collaboration with Tana municipality and the Tana River Basin Fisheries Management (TF), the Norwegian Environment Agency and the Norwegian Veterinary Institute are arranging a final information meeting before this year's season. There will be interpretation between Norwegian and Finnish. Please forward the information about the meeting to friends on both sides of the border.

Preliminary program, 6:00 PM-8:00 PM:

• Norwegian Environment Agency - status and plans for humpback salmon control nationally and in Tana , including monitoring, research and development

• The Norwegian Veterinary Institute – status and implementation of humpback salmon control at Seida in 2025

• TF's plans for humpback salmon harvesting in Máskejohka and Luovvtejohka in 2025.

• Coffee

• Questions and discussion

Welcome!

The traditional Vettisløpet will take place in Utladalen on Sunday, May 25, 2025.

Registration via EQtiming's solution. Here it is possible to register for both fitness and active classes.

Start :

Active classes: Sunday, May 25th at 1:00 PM

Trim: from 11:00

Starting fee: NOK 100 for the fitness class, NOK 150 for active 12-17 year olds and NOK 250 for active 18-99 year olds.

We encourage everyone to register in advance as the price increases to NOK 300 on race day.

See Vettislopet.com for registration!

Welcome to the most beautiful race of the spring 🙂