NEW FISHING METHODS IN THE NORTHERN RIVERS There has been a well-known interest in salmon in Torniojoki as long as a man has lived by the river. Fishing methods have evolved, but it was already in 1738, when the most efficient one was introduced. Anders Hellant, led by Anders Celsius, presented his academic dissertation De novo in fluviis norlandiarium piscandi modo, Research of the new fishing methods in the northern rivers, in Gustav’s auditorium in Uppsala in 31st of May, 1738. In this dissertation, Hellant introduces a new kind of salmon dam. This is apparently the first dissertation which was
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Tornionjoki, Väylä Tornionjoki (Torne älv in Swedish, Duortnoseatnu in Sami language, Tornionväylä in Meänkieli) is a river that’s 510 kilometres long, located in northern Sweden and Finland. The river begins from Sweden, but the downstream south from where it meets Muonionjoki, is on the border of Sweden and Finland. Tornionjoki starts from Torniojärvi, located in the Swedish town of Kiruna, and flows into the bay of Bothnia, on the border of Tornio and Haaparanta. The side rivers of Tornionjoki are Lainiojoki, Muonionjoki, Tengeliönjoki and Könkämäeno. Over half of the upstream water of Tornionjoki flows from Pajala’s Junosuvanto down the Tärännönjoki,
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World’s rarest fish book? Determining the world’s rarest fishing book isn’t straightforward. The existing number of books and their age are the most important factors that can be measured. The older it is, the less there are existing books left. When it comes to very old books from 1500’s, we are talking about extremely rare ones. However, these are found from time to time. The oldest known fish book is A treatyse of fysshynge wyth an Angle, which is thought to be written by Dame Juliana Berners, and it was published in 1496. The most famous old fish book is
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Juhani Aho, a national fixture on the mantelpiece Juhani Aho (previously known as Johannes Brofeldt) 11.9.1861–8.8.1921 has been celebrated nation-widely, previously in 2011, when it would’ve been his 150th birthday, and 90 years had passed since he passed away. People who enjoy older literature got to read Tuomas Hinttula’s Kirjamies Juhani Aho kalamiehenä, Panu Rajala’s Naisten mies ja aatteiden: Juhani Ahon elämäntaide and Martti Turtola’s and Tarja Lappalainen’s Kansalliskirjailija Juhani Aho. People who had previously written about Aho were for example his son Antti J. Aho (Juhani Aho, elämä ja teokset I-II 1951) and multiple literature historians, with
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First fish book written by a Finn Ari Savikko The history of fish-related books written in Finland or by Finns dates back to the early 1700s. The Finnish writings of the fishing industry were dissertations, they were rather concise, and not very scientific compared to the later ones. Fishing industry wasn’t very popular area of study in the early 1700s, so there weren’t many dissertations. The first Finnish dissertation of the fishing industry was called Salmonum natura, which was written by Daniel Bonge, who was a son of a merchant in Oulu. On 23rd of June in
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ABU’s first steps Abu has been important to many Finnish fishermen. When Nyt nappaan arrived at the stores, it was always a sure sign of the summer, and it was read with great interest. The history of Abu is well known, and much has been written about it. One of the most interesting is Len Borgström’s memoir, Snilledrag lyckokast och bottennapp, which was published in 2003. It has also been translated into English, called ‘What Happened?’ It hasn’t been published in Finnish though, and I wonder if anyone would translate it? Abu’s publications are also well known, and its
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