Our campaign will protect the taimen fish in the Onon River by working with local fishing people to adopt catch-and-release fishing practices in order to reduce illegal fishing.
— Gankhuyag balbar, Rare Conservation Fellow
Campaign for Sustainable Fisheries Management/Onon River, Mongolia will increase the river's taimen population by reducing the illegal fishing by local people by 2010-10-31 See full Theory of Change
Our symbol of pride is the the Taimen.
The recent edition of the Khentii aimag newspaper (a large region/district in the Northeast of Mongolia where Onon River is located) interviewed me about all of my work, including the taimen campaign, and my thoughts.
The December Society for Conservation Biology (SCB) convention being held in New Zealand will include a 2-day symposium and workshop on taimen conservation efforts globally, including the hucho taimen species in our very own Onon River, Mongolia.
During our Khovsgol study trip we met with Dan Bailey, (Fish Mongolia's guide) and give him and his colleagues our campaign materials.
Dan sent us his great photos with our taimen hat.
WWF-Mongolia's communications team wrote an article about the recent Khuvsgol fishing learning trip Gaana conducted as part of his campaign follow-up activities. This article is featured in Panda News which is distributed for free among all Onon River communities.
The taimen song was sung by volunteers during the 2010 Pride campaign of Onon River, but during the continuation campaign we finally had time to have it properly composed and recorded. Here is the final version with English translation for lyrics attached.
The last group of photos from our successful Khovsgol Trip. . .
Khovsgol grayling: 
Sibirian grayling: 
Zolboo released Khovsgol grayling: 
Onon fishermen in Khovsgol capital (Moron): 
Me (Gaana) with Tengis CMA ladies in UB last year (June 2010): 
I (Gaana) released one very beautiful taimen in the Tengis gol:
Binder fisherman Tuvshin caught and released taimen in the Shishgid gol:
Khovsgol local man released Khovsgol grayling in the Khog river and he is very excited: 
Khovsgol grayling: 
Batshireet fisherman Bayaraa caught and released a nice taimen in the Shishgid river: 
Dadak fusgernab Zolboo caught and released a Khovsgol grayling in the Khog river:
Meeting with Chuluut, Suman people in Arkhangai:
Onon outdoor poster on the wall of Tengis community meeting house: 
Delgermoron community, fishing club, and CMA's inception workshop: 
Entrance point and CMA's meeting house of the Tengis CMA:
"Fish Mongolia" guys and Moron fishing club initiators with Onon fishermen at the bank of Delgermoron river: 
Below is a report on our trip to the Khovsgol Aimag. Photos will be coming soon! THE TAIMEN CONSERVATION STUDY TOUR OF THE ONON RIVER FISHING CLUB MEMBERS IN TO THE KHOVSGOL AIMAG B.Gankhuyag: WWF Mongolia, Eastern region field office Specialist We conducted a very successful taimen conservation study tou, in the Khovsgol aimag as part of the continuation of the WWF-Mongolia and Rare Pride campaign. Members of the tour: From WWF: Gaana, Mr.Yellowman, and Moogii From Dadal: Zolboo and Ganbaatar From Binder: Enkhtuvshin and Tumenjargal From Batshireet: Bayaraa and Ochirpurev In this brief report, I will d
.jpg "Baima trip (14).jpg"){kind=small}
