Mar 25 2010
Found old halibut spawning ground
The halibut in Norway suffers from previous decades of over fishing. The situation is fortunately improving but strict regulation is still necessary if the stoch should be able to grow to former hights.
Torstein Halstensen has spent years tagging halibut from serveral areas in the souther part of Norway. He spend most of his spare time in a boat, fishing for halibut. By tagging, releasing and recapturing the fish he has added new knowledge about the migration pattern and behavior of halibut from different areas. Some fish are recaptured at the exact same position as it was tagged.
In an email Torstein tells about the finding of a spawning ground in a fjord. Torstein has interviewed a lot of old fishermen and searced through a lot of old documents in his search for traditional spawning grounds. One that has been forgotten for decades was recently re found by Torstein.
He does not share information about the locations of all the spawning grounds he has found. His work is done in order learn more about how we can protect the halibut – not as a guide for fishermen who want to fish as much halibut as possible.
The pictures in this post shows Torstein fishing halibut in a Norwegian fjord. All the halibut are being tagged and then released.
While the small ones can be lifted on board, the biggest must enter the boat from the stern.
Torstein has long experience in getting the halibut off the hook without causing damages to its mouth. Last year he caught the biggest male halibut ever in Norwegian waters. The last picture shows a halibut that is recaptured and then tagged by Torstein for the second time. Photos: Audun Skjølberg
very nice pics, these fish are such magnificent creatures
those are some fine halibut! i love reading fishing reports. i might have to start fishing uo there because down where i fish we are having to deal with an oil spill. if you would like to read more about the spill go to fishingjournals.com you acn also get local fishing reports or you can move the map to get fishing news and fishing weather. pretty cool.
its great to see some people still care about fishes when thousands are dying due to oil spill
amazing photos