I saw this amazing documentary on PBS last night about the late Shigeru Nakano PhD who was considered by some to be one of the leading Aquatic Ecologists in the world in the 1990's (Anders I bet you know all about him). Tragically he died in a boating accident (got caught in a Hurricane) with UC Davis head in 2000 in Gulf of CA (Baja). What Dr. Nakano did (his work did so many more things) was prove how forests and drainages are so interwoven with the food chain and how disruptions (logging) and non-native introductions can have almost the exact same result on native species. Incredible work on Rainbow Trout introductions and effects on Native Charrs. I was super stoked I saw this being I'm headed to Japan in October and although I will not go to Hokkaido wher he did most of his work I will hopefully being fishing some streams 2 hours from Tokyo that contain Iwana (Charr) and Cherry Trout. Look for this when you can.
Ned
Cool!
I'll look for that show on PBS, which I watch often.
I'm envious that you'll get to do some fishing while in Japan. It's a GREAT place to travel to. Even if the fishing stinks, the people are SO polite, it's immaculately clean, it's exotic and always interesting, and the food can't be beat. If (or when) I go back, I'll bring a rod next time and hit some streams.
--FG Dave
Ned,I will have to look for
Ned,
I will have to look for that show too. Make sure that you take lots of pics when you go to Japan, that has always been on my fishing hit list... Some day...