{"id":889,"date":"2017-02-01T13:25:29","date_gmt":"2017-02-01T12:25:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.simra-h2020.eu\/?p=889"},"modified":"2017-02-01T13:27:23","modified_gmt":"2017-02-01T12:27:23","slug":"fly-fishing-in-the-pyrenees-to-fix-population-in-the-international-year-of-sustainable-tourism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.simra-h2020.eu\/index.php\/2017\/02\/01\/fly-fishing-in-the-pyrenees-to-fix-population-in-the-international-year-of-sustainable-tourism\/","title":{"rendered":"Fly Fishing in the Pyrenees to fix population in the International Year of Sustainable Tourism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Aragon\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright wp-image-904 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.simra-h2020.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Fly-Fishing-Pyrenees-7-300x168.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.simra-h2020.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Fly-Fishing-Pyrenees-7-300x168.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.simra-h2020.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Fly-Fishing-Pyrenees-7-768x431.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.simra-h2020.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Fly-Fishing-Pyrenees-7.jpg 796w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Aragon<\/a> is an autonomous region located in northeastern Spain. It holds reservoirs and rivers of great interest for sports activities. Many of those reservoirs and rivers are in rural areas whose towns have suffered large depopulation processes, as their lands have been flooded to build reservoirs and activities such as agriculture, livestock farming or mining have been abandoned. Some local companies have decided to pursue a model of quality, experiential tourism based on sustainability criteria to reverse the depopulation. This is the case of companies that provide fishing, rafting or canyoning guides, among others.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-902 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/www.simra-h2020.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Fly-Fishing-Pyrenees-2-1-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"Fly Fishing Pyrenees 2\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.simra-h2020.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Fly-Fishing-Pyrenees-2-1-300x168.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.simra-h2020.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Fly-Fishing-Pyrenees-2-1-768x431.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.simra-h2020.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Fly-Fishing-Pyrenees-2-1-1024x575.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.simra-h2020.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Fly-Fishing-Pyrenees-2-1.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>The Pyrenees mountain range is in the North of Aragon. The <a href=\"http:\/\/pyreneesflyfishing.com\">Pyrenees Fly Fishing Company<\/a> (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pyreneesflyfishing.com\">www.pyreneesflyfishing.com<\/a>) was started by two young men who chose <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Biescas\">Biescas<\/a> as an ideal destination for a fly-fishing holiday on the sunny side of the Pyrenees and a good option to stay and live in the area.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-903 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.simra-h2020.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Fly-Fishing-Pyrenees-3-300x180.jpg\" alt=\"Fly Fishing Pyrenees 3\" width=\"300\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.simra-h2020.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Fly-Fishing-Pyrenees-3-300x180.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.simra-h2020.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Fly-Fishing-Pyrenees-3-768x461.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.simra-h2020.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Fly-Fishing-Pyrenees-3-1024x614.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>The Pyrenees are considered a unique place worldwide for fly-fishing, since they host the oldest ecotype of Zebra Trout in the European continent, and offer sunny days, warm weather, stunning landscapes and rivers, and a unique gastronomy and culture, in addition to national and natural parks belonging to an impressive ecosystem.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-895\" src=\"http:\/\/www.simra-h2020.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/catchandrelease-300x202.png\" alt=\"catchandrelease\" width=\"300\" height=\"202\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.simra-h2020.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/catchandrelease-300x202.png 300w, http:\/\/www.simra-h2020.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/catchandrelease-768x516.png 768w, http:\/\/www.simra-h2020.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/catchandrelease-1024x688.png 1024w, http:\/\/www.simra-h2020.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/catchandrelease-272x182.png 272w, http:\/\/www.simra-h2020.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/catchandrelease.png 1289w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>For the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pyreneesflyfishing.com\">Pyrenees Fly Fishing<\/a> guides it is important to promote and encourage this type of touristic model, especially now, since 2017 is the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development. This activity requires the services of one guide for every one or two fishermen, with the subsequent potential to generate employment. Moreover, being catch-and-release, this activity respects the fishing resources and adds value to the protection and conservation of elements of high ecological value such as rivers. As the guides say, &#8220;the rivers will not be conserved until the local economies perceive the benefits.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Author:<br \/>\nAdri\u00e1n Satu\u00e9 (<a href=\"http:\/\/pyreneesflyfishing.com\">Pyrenees Fly Fishing<\/a>)<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-890 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.simra-h2020.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/adrian-2-300x202.jpg\" alt=\"adrian 2\" width=\"262\" height=\"176\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.simra-h2020.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/adrian-2-300x202.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.simra-h2020.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/adrian-2-768x517.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.simra-h2020.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/adrian-2-272x182.jpg 272w, http:\/\/www.simra-h2020.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/adrian-2.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 262px) 100vw, 262px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aragon is an autonomous region located in northeastern Spain. It holds reservoirs and rivers of great interest for sports activities. Many of those reservoirs and rivers are in rural areas whose towns have suffered large depopulation processes, as their lands have been flooded to build reservoirs and activities such as agriculture, livestock farming or mining&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":891,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[53,54,35],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.simra-h2020.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/889"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.simra-h2020.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.simra-h2020.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.simra-h2020.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.simra-h2020.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=889"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"http:\/\/www.simra-h2020.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/889\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":909,"href":"http:\/\/www.simra-h2020.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/889\/revisions\/909"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.simra-h2020.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/891"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.simra-h2020.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=889"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.simra-h2020.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=889"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.simra-h2020.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=889"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}