18% of smolts in NW Miramichi being eaten by Striped Bass

Pop-up satellite tag on salmon

The MSA expended a significant amount of personnel, equipment, and over $150,000 toward this project. Be sure to read “Estimating consumption rate of Atlantic Salmon smolts by Striped Bass in the Miramichi River estuary using acoustic telemetry.”  In some years, it has been confirmed that up to 18% of the salmon smolts in the the…

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Water Temperatures in the Miramichi Watershed : Real Time!

Water Temperatures in Miramichi today Sept 11, 2017 are:  SWM @ Doaktown-15.508 °C NWM @ Wayerton- 14.160 °C LSWM @ Upper Oxbow- 14.902 °C You can keep up to date on water temperatures by heading to our friends at MREAC Site! (Also located in the quick links) http://mreac.org/project/real-time-monitoring/

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Spotlight on Betty Fitzpatrick

Anyone who has had the wonderful pleasure of meeting Betty Fitzpatrick, will easily know what I mean when I say that there a few other individuals that have such a zest for life. July of this year marked Betty’s 90th Birthday believe it or not and after the invite came and a lot of shock…

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