Posts by Tehillah Porter
News Release: MSA’s Gaining Support for Atlantic Salmon Recovery Plan
News Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 6th, 2020 MIRAMICHI SALMON ASSOCIATION GAINING SUPPORT FOR ATLANTIC SALMON RECOVERY PLAN SOUTH ESK, NB – The Miramichi Salmon Association’s (MSA) recently released Atlantic Salmon Recovery Plan has quickly gained its first endorsement. The New Brunswick Salmon Council (NBSC) has submitted a letter of support to the…
Read MoreMiramichi Leader Article: DFO explores possible changes to recreational salmon fishery on the Miramichi
DFO explores changes to recreational fishery on the Miramichi Fisheries and Oceans Canada recently presented stakeholders in New Brunswick with a discussion paper that included scenerios for managing recreational Atlantic salmon fisheries around various stock sizes. Nathan DeLong Miramichi Leader Click Here for full Article
Read MoreMSA Urges Action on Devastating Salmon Returns
News Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 22nd, 2020 MIRAMICHI SALMON ASSOCIATION URGES ACTION ON DEVASTATING RETURN NUMBERS SOUTH ESK, NB – One of Canada’s leading salmon conservation groups is urging immediate action to address the dramatic decline of Atlantic salmon on the Miramichi River. The Miramichi Salmon Association (MSA) says today’s report,…
Read MoreMSA’s 2019 Field Season Summary
2019’s Full Conservation Update November 2019- Conservation Summary November marks the end of the 2019 field season. Our smolt estimate program on the Little Southwest saw 2452 smolt captured by our smolt wheel. Of these, 1132 were tagged with non-invasive streamer tags and released 5 km upriver. We were able to recapture 39 tagged smolt.…
Read MoreMSA to Host Fishing For Laughs with Jimmy MacKinley
The Miramichi Salmon Association (MSA) will be hosting a Fishing for Laughs event at the Vogue Theatre on Friday November 22nd, 2019. The evening is sure to be a hilarious night and will be headlined by Miramichi’s own Jimmy MacKinley. It’s great events like these that allow the MSA to continue with our mandate to steward and advocate for…
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