No 20089
Fish farm
Fish farm Latvia, Vidzeme, Salacgrīvas novads

Lamprey eel fishing at Salacgriva

Specializations

Type Description Quantity Distance
Active leisure
Active leisure
1 km
By the sea
By the sea

Certificates

Logo Certificate name Description
Environmental protection
Specially protected nature territories

ZBR

Culture and history
Latvian Heritage
04/17/2013

On skilled Latvian trade – lampreys fishing

The river Salaca (and Svetupe) have been nominated as the only places in the world where lampreys are fished in industrial scale  by using a 150 years old method  - „a weir” (a plank-way of pods placed across a river, all together 3 weirs). Accompanied by a local fisherman one can go and see the weir, the fishing process and taste grilled lampreys on the spot.