Siberian taimen, the ancient, long-lived, oversized cousin of salmon, still reign in a dwindling kingdom of cold, undisturbed rivers in the Russian Far East. Roughly half of these watersheds are beyond the reach of even the most intrepid scientists—buffered by roadless expanses of larch, Korean pine, northern hardwoods, and spruce that have survived the illegal logging that feeds a voracious global appetite for wood in recent decades.
Journeying there is like going back in time.
The film follows WSC CEO Guido Rahr (featured in the book "Stronghold" by Tucker Malarkey), longtime Russian partner Mikhail Skopets, and businessman and lodge owner Alexander Abramov on their early sojourns to the Tugur river, their attempts to unlock the mysteries of its mighty fish, and their more recent efforts to protect the place among the harsh realities of life in the Wild West of the Russian Far East.
“River Tigers” was made by Wild Salmon Center and our production partners at MaserFilms and Yonder Content.
