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The River Salaca
Within the City of Salacgrīva and its
Rural Territory the Salaca River portion is approximately 12 km and
includes two tributaries – The River Korģe and The River Jaunupe.
Latvia lists 10 recognized salmon
rivers, with the Salaca River at the top of the list. It also includes the
River Vitrupe. This status was approved by the International Baltic Sea Fishing
Commission on 06.06.1997.
Altogether, 42 fish species* have been
identified in the Salaca River. Of these, eight are listed as “restricted
utilization subject to special protection” in the Latvian “Law on Species
and Biotypes” para. 5, appendix 2. Six of these are found in the Salaca –
salmon, sea trout, whitefish**, twaite shad***, asp and river lamprey
(although a sucker, it is included under fish species).
The two species not in the Salaca are:
grayling and vendace.
*Data from
the Latvian Fish Research Institute
**Listed as
disappearing species in the Latvian Red Book
***Listed as
rare in the Latvian Red Book
Fish
species most preferred by anglers - salmon, sea
trout, vimba, whitefish, perch, ide, pike, carp, tench, chub, dace, burbot,
crucian carp, roach, white bream, bream.
According to data from 2003, Latvian
record catches in the Salaca River are:
salmon – 10.4 kg 103 cm (2002)
sea trout – 7.76 kg 108 cm (1999)
rainbow trout – 6.66 kg 76 cm (1993)
tench – 3.05 kg 57 cm (2001); chub – 3.70 kg 54 cm (1987)
burbot – 4.08 kg 81 cm (2002).
Since 1995, angling requires a license
in the section of Salaca River in the municipality of Salacgrīva City and
its rural territory. Its key feature is licensed angling for salmon and
sea trout in the spring – from the second half of February (depending on
weather conditions) to May 15.
 
With the first Salmon in his life
catched directly in the River Salaca.
kING OF sALACA rIVER 2004
The
River Korģe
Of its total of
33 km approximately 16 km is within Salacgrīva municipal
territory. The most prolific Sea Trout river in the Salaca River Basin.
Fish species most preferred by anglers
–
brown (brook) trout, sea trout
The River
Jaunupe
Its entire length of approximately 4 km
is within Salacgrīva municipal territory. Actually this is a canal
excavated in the 17th century to connect the rivers Svētupe and
Salaca.
Fish species most preferred by anglers
- sea trout**, brown (brook) trout, chub.
River
Svētupe, River
Vitrupe, Bay of Riga
Angling in Latvia
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