Although it is forbidden to fish in the Tana watercourse this year, few salmon are in sight in the watercourse that the Norwegian Environment Agency describes as “the most important in the world.”

“The figures we see now are definitely very gloomy. They have been extremely low for three years,” Panu Orell told Norwegian Broadcasting (NRK).

Just over 14,000 tonnes of salmon appeared in the Tanavassdraget to spawn last summer. That is less than half the number in 2018, which was not a good year either.

In April, the Norwegian and Finnish authorities agreed to ban salmon fishing in the watercourse this year. 

The Directorate of the Environment’s director Ellen Hambro has characterized the watercourse as “the most important in the world.”

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