After this year's reduction in fishing whitefish in Grundsjömagasinet are hopes for breakthrough in the effort to preserve Grundsjön as future living space for the inalienable Grundsjörödingen. This year sikfångsten only half of what it was last year, suggesting that efforts begin to produce noticeable results in favor of char. The year was nätfångst 1,6 tons, compared with last year's record of 3 your. This means that almost 3 700 whitefish has made room for char. Added to this is the impact of the ongoing fishing with two large traps that ends in November. The size of whitefish is slightly less than before, while analysis of char, trout and perch is on sharply increased weights.

Reducing fishing for whitefish has been going 21 days with expert Per Arne Holt Seeland who developed the method of spear phishing for whitefish. This is the third year that six meters deep driftnet used with a total length of 1 500 meter. The networks have vittjats continuously for all the days that fishing going on. Per-Arne has managed to locate the areas where whitefish residing and precisely managed to capture 97 percent of whitefish and only 3 percent with other fish. Allan Blomkvist long been operative project and Långåfiskets quality manager Per-Ola Persson has participated in the work along with several volunteers.

Reducing fishing continues at the beginning of November with two large traps. Even where noted sharp decline in the number of captured whitefish.

– Naturally lit hopes that this year's results are the beginning of a trend that gives Grundsjörödingen necessary conditions remain in Grundsjön, says Helgi Jonsson, who is chairman of the board of Grundsjöprojektet and also chairman of Långå
Fiskevårdsförening.

– Interacting forces with Fortum AB, County Administrative Board of Jämtland, Härjedalen and long Fiskevårdsförening and the right skills with expert assistance and efficient construction explains that the project delivers good results for a clear vision, says Helge Jonsson.

The whitefish have immigrated in the Basic Sea by a power tunnel from the Upper Särvsjön. To get a full grasp of the problem, therefore Samfällighetsföreningen in Särvsjön started a corresponding reduction in fishing there and the work has been connected to Grundsjöprojektet.
Glenn Fransman in Särvsjön, was co-opted to the Project Board.

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