WELCOME to the new NASF international website. Here we hope to bring to you news of all the key developments in our battle to rescue the wild Atlantic salmon from commercial over-fishing. We are determined to make the North Atlantic a sanctuary for this great oceanic voyager and rebuild its numbers to the abundance of fish that filled our rivers years ago.

NASF's solution to the wild salmon's problems is very simple. We pay commercial fishermen not to fish for wild salmon. This strategy may seem straightforward but putting it into practice is both arduous and costly.

We have to persuade fishermen to sign up to our commercial agreements. We must also win the support of the governments concerned. Persuading politicians, as is currently the case in the Republic of Ireland, can take years of lobbying.

We spend very little money on our administration. NASF employs only one secretary. Everyone else gives his or her services voluntarily. So paying staff is not one of our problems.

We spend the cash we raise on ensuring no netsman loses money by stopping salmon fishing. Finding this compensation money is a continual struggle. It means constant fund-raising efforts amongst anglers and the other stakeholders.. If you want to see more salmon in your favourite rivers, please give generously to NASF.

NASF's schemes are the most effective way of restoring wild salmon numbers.

Last year most countries on both sides of the Atlantic had their best salmon runs for 20 or 30 years. Because we have shown that we know how to restore salmon stocks we enjoy excellent partnerships with several governments who provide matching funds for our projects.

Thanks to our pioneering work, the Atlantic salmon is now protected from commercial exploitation throughout its feeding grounds in the seas off Greenland, Iceland and the Faroes. It enjoys similar protection off the shores of Canada, England, Wales and Northern Ireland. The Republic of Ireland is the last country to encourage large-scale drift netting. As a result, she failed to share in the general upturn in stocks last year. Since then a pilot set-aside scheme we expect to see copied throughout Norway has been launched at Trondheim.

Please support NASF. With your help we can give the wild Atlantic salmon a safe future..

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Orri Vigfússon

NASF International Chairman