Posts by Tehillah Porter

The following editorial appeared this week in the Miramichi Leader Perhaps the most vital, and definitely the most celebrated, of the Miramichi’s natural resources is under threat. The King of Sport Fish, the Atlantic salmon is not only synonymous with this region, it pumps millions into the region’s economy and provides valuable jobs in a…

By Kris McDavid mcdavid.kris@miramichileader.com 18 Jun 2013 12:35PM. OTTAWA – Fisheries and Oceans Minister Keith Ashfield says the federal government has serious concerns over a recent escalation in Greenland’s harvesting of wild Atlantic salmon and is committed to helping broker a deal that would see the fishery scaled back. Ashfield’s comments come days after conservation…

By Kelsey Rambaran rambaran.kelsey@miramichileader.com 11 Jun 2013 04:25PM The Miramichi Salmon Conservation Centre in South Esk hosted five schools on May 31 for a fly fishing symposium. Planning for the event started in late February. Students from North and South Esk Regional High School, Miramichi Valley High School, Blackville School, Hampton High School and Rothesay…

DFO has posted the Atlantic Salmon Returns to the Miramichi River for 2012. To read please click Atlantic Salmon returns to the Miramichi River 2012

From Atlantic Salmon Federation  Waveglider Finds ASF-tagged Kelt A Wave Glider operated by the Ocean Tracking Network headquartered at Dalhousie University has been undertaking a search pattern for ASF’s sonic-tagged Atlantic salmon kelts and smolts in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Early this week a sonic receiver aboard the wave glider detected the signal from…