![]() My real introduction to river food webs came through learning the life cycles and seasonal progression of mayfly, caddisfly, and stonefly hatches so I could catch more fish. ![]() Matt: I started studying fish about 25 years ago, not long after I got deep into fly fishing. Flylords: How long have you been studying fish and where did the passion come from? Prime Siberian taimen habitat, Tugur River, Russia. For someone with a lifelong passion for salmon, trout, and rivers, I have a dream job. At Wild Salmon Center, we use that knowledge to protect and restore habitat, improve salmon management, and support sustainable salmon fisheries. ![]() But in general, my research is about understanding “salmon systems”, meaning the physical and biological workings of salmon watersheds and also the systems of management, policy, and governance that shape interactions between salmon and people. What I do in those places can vary from understanding salmon responses to glacier retreat to quantifying the prey base needed to support giant Siberian taimen. I also work on Siberian taimen conservation biology in Mongolia. My work takes me to salmon watersheds in the Russian Far East, Kamchatka, and in North America from Alaska south to the coastal watersheds of Northern California. I’m based in Corvallis, Oregon where I’m also a researcher at Oregon State University (OSU) in the Department of Forest Ecosystems and Society. Matt: I am the Science Director at the Wild Salmon Center, an international conservation organization focused on protecting the healthiest salmon watersheds around the North Pacific Rim. Check out the interview below as we learn more about taimen and the work that Matt and the Wild Salmon Center are doing to better understand this species. Matt has spent the past decade studying taimen the largest member of the salmonid family. In this feature, we were lucky enough to catch up with Matt Sloat, a fish ecologist who has dedicated his career to studying salmonids across the west. ![]()
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