Asian Angling Adventures announces the first "Fly-Fishing Only, Catch & Release" in S.E. Asia will open in October 2009. This is both fisheries conservation and an eco-tourism project. It is based on a business / community partnership with the Karen people in remote valleys around Mae Sarieng, in Mae Hong Son Province, north-western Thailand. For over 5 years, a local Thai guide has been working with Karen village headmen in an effort to establish a sustainable tourism-based income. Earlier this year, he was joined by two international fly fishing guides with extensive experience in fishing New Zealand, Iceland, Chile, Argentina and Russia. The Asian Angling Adventures team have since been working hard to negotiate access contracts to establish this new "Fly-Fishing Only, Catch & Release" eco-tourism project.