The 5th Norwegian Auction (2009) to help save and protect wild Atlantic salmon

OCTOBER 22, 2009, 1830 to 2100 HRS
The Astrup-Fearnley Museum of Modern Art, Main entrance from Grev Wedels gt. 9, Oslo, Norway.

View Auction Catalogue (Norwegian) | View Auction Catalogue (English)

Today the wild Atlantic salmon is more threatened than ever and the challenges to save our unique Norwegian strains remain. Sea netting, fish farm escapees, fish farm sea lice, parasite infestation, over-exploitation of the food chain, pollution and hydro power developments and others continue to dramatically reduce our salmon stocks. As the world’s largest wild Atlantic salmon country, Norway has a national and international duty to protect its salmon which the Norwegian government and its politicians continue to neglect. While the salmon of other nations flourish, the Norwegian salmon population founders.

Sadly this means that it is of the utmost importance that pressure groups like NASF and NASF Norway through direct actions and lobbying continue to put pressure on our politicians in order for them to take this awful situation seriously.
 
A most generous gift of NOK 350 000 from NASF/Orri Vigfusson made establishing NASF Norway reddvillaksen.no possible. NASF Norway is today a registered Norwegian organisation, led by a board of directors. The organisation has no employees and no costs because all work is carried out  by enthusiastic  volunteers  on an unpaid basis.

Previous years’ auctions have generated approximately 2 million NOK, which has been donated in full as an important and welcome contribution to the ERT’s (The Rivers in the Trøndelagsfjord region) very important leasing agreement with the sea netters in the Trøndelag region. The initiative, taken by ERT has been going on for several years now and has proven to be extremely successful, saving a large number of the very important and big MSW salmon. With the success of this project in mind, NASF Norway is now looking into the possibilities of arranging similar projects for other regions. For which a great amount of money shall be required.

Thanks to generous gifts from river owners/leasers, fishing tackle retailers/manufacturers and private individuals NASF Norway is once again able to host its popular autumn fund raising auction.  The auction will be held at The Astrup-Fearnley Museum of Modern Art, in Oslo on the evening of October 22nd. The auction catalogue shall, during the first week of October, be distributed by e-mail to all those who have previously registered on our mailing list. To join the mailing list, please contact Mr. Gerhard Schive, gerhard.schive@schive.no. Please also note that we are open for bids before the auction starts. If you are able to attend then you’ll enjoy an entertaining and exciting evening in the company of like-minded, enthusiastic and environmently consciously fishers. We would also be grateful if you could take the time to distribute our catalogue to others whom you think may interested.

Please sign up for the auction at : Berit Grøn, bgroen@awilhelmsen.no 


With all the best wishes for the future of the wild Atlantic salmon
The board of NASF Norway, reddvillaksen.no

If you are unable to attend the auction or make a bid, any direct donations would be warmly and gratefully received. Thank you. Our account number is  9230.09.53370

What is  NASF Norway  doing and what do we stand for?

NASF Norge continues to lobby the politicians in the Norwegian Parliament, the Stortinget, since we strongly oppose the current sea netting regime which is having such a disastrous impact on mixed stocks of wild Atlantic salmon. In particular we oppose the special waivers given for Finnmark in general and the exceptions granted to the Laps.

NASF Norge continues to be appalled by the bureaucracy and the political delays that are stopping the decision to ban the sea netting. In the meantime we are working for more stringent rules and regulations to be put in place before licenses are granted.

NASF Norge, until a total halt in the sea netting has been attained, is going to support local initiatives for local rental agreements of sea netting stations.
 
NASF Norge is firm in its opinion that sea netters who depend on this activity for their income shall be compensated economically when they agree to stop. This economic burden clearly rests on the shoulders of the authorities.
 
NASF Norge considers it to be unacceptable that our politicians allow Norwegian sea netters to fish on mixed salmon strains. By allowing this Norway is breeching international conventions and agreements that bring us in a conflict with among other nations the Russians.

NASF Norge considers it to be absolutely disgraceful  that sea farms, supported by the authorities, are unconditionally allowed to pollute our waters. In the beautiful Hardangerfjord, having the country’s highest density of sea farms, the pollution from this industry amounts to more than the equivalent of 1 million persons! The salmon and sea trout are sadly (but predictably) now extinct in the wonderful rivers emptying into the Hardangerfjord. This is a National disgrace.
 
NASF Norge is determined to continue raising millions of Norwegian kroner in order to support our fight for the survival of the Atlantic salmon, a fight which is not over until all the sea netting has been stopped and the sea lice/sea farming problem has been solved.