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This week saw two stories and an editorial on the 2016 Atlantic salmon recreational fishery season in the local and provincial newspapers. Liberal MP for Miramichi-Grand lake, Pat Finnegan, says that he would be surprised if the wall to wall catch and release regulations introduced last summer in response to record low fish counts ended…

You will find below the web link to access the online survey for the development of the 2016 Atlantic salmon Recreational Fishing Management Plan in Salmon Fishing Areas 15, 16 and 18. http://www.glf.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/Gulf/FAM/Recreational-Fisheries/2016-atlantic-salmon-survey You are invited to distribute this link to your respective community and group membership. The consultation period ends on February 29, 2016.

Click the Link below to read an article printed in many New Brunswick papers over the last couple of days regarding a new website which, among other things, lists reasons, they feel, to oppose the mandatory release of grilse on the Miramichi River system. MSA President Mark Hambrook is also quoted. Miramichi Fly Fishermen Fight Ottawa’s…

The MSA is seeking a motivated professional, who is passionate about wildlife conservation, to join its development and communications team. The successful candidate will lead and administer all aspects of the MSA’s Event Fundraising activities as well as coordinate its Membership Services programs. To learn more about this exciting employment opportunity, go to “Program Coordinator-Events…

The MSA has just completed important habitat enhancement work to the salmon holding pools found at the mouths of Doak Brook and Indiantown Brook on the Southwest Miramichi, Pat’s Brook on the Northwest Miramichi and Otter Brook on the Little Southwest Miramichi. Work involved enhancing flow, direction and mixing of cold brook water with warmer river…