Protecting South America’s Iconic Golden Dorado Fish

A new study launched last month by University of Massachusetts Amherst fisheries biologist Andy J. Danylchuk, in collaboration with Argentina’s Ministry of Environment and regional partners including Juramento Fly Fishing, Tigres del Rio, Fish Simply, and Patagonia Inc., is the first to assess the impact of catch-and-release fishing and other human and environmental pressures on the golden dorado, a fish of high economic and recreational value across South America.

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Time is running out on their Indiegogo campaign to fund the much needed catch-and-release research.

#SaveDorados

Help fund research on Golden Dorado in Argentina to develop more effective management strategies.

Dorado (Salminus brasiliensis) is an iconic and charismatic fish species in neotropical rivers of Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, Bolivia, and northern Argentina. Both sport and commercial fishers value Dorado for their sustenance, vigor, beauty, and challenge. ­­Dorado provides economic support for communities in northern Argentina and throughout South America. Currently the species is facing severe pressure and declining populations due to overharvest harvest, habitat degradation, and poorly understood ecology, including movement patterns.

As the first study of its kind the iconic Golden Dorado the findings and work here stands to be key info that ensures the Dorado will be thriving for years to come.

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June 2014 SOTM Entry: Golden Dorado

Matt Hutchinson headed south for some prospecting - looks like he hit a bit of the mother load.

Unrequited dorado lust

Photo: David Morimoto

For years, Bob Shacochis was obsessed with a fish, South America's fighting golden dorado. But when he followed that dream to Argentina's Iberá Marsh, he found that he wasn't the only one with a vision that could pull him under.

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Yellow Fever

Beastliness stalking behind every sunken trunk and in every ravine.

El Rio Juramento 2012