Taimen's last refuge is Mongolia. Photo: National Geographic News
National Geographic article on Taimen Conservation featuring Zeb Hogan. We had the pleasure of fishing with Zeb and Brant last fall on the Upper Uur while filming for Zeb’s mega-fish series on Nat Geo TV. Excerpt:
The gigantic fish is the world’s largest salmonid the family of fish that includes salmon and trout. The species can live for more than 50 years, but they grow slowly, not reaching maturity until seven to nine years of age, experts say. Taimen migrate to their spawning habitat and can travel as much as 60 miles (97 kilometers) up- and downstream. But scientists using radio and acoustic tagging have shown that the fish generally stay in one place. “That makes them vulnerable to harvest because people will know where to go to hunt for big fish,” said Zeb Hogan, a fisheries biologist at the University of Nevada in Reno
More info on taimen conservation on the Taimen Science Team Website
