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 DFO has informed us this morning that the bass season will be extended until Sunday the 25th – and from Thursday the 22nd until Sunday the 25th the retention limit will move to 2 fish per day – same retention size limit of 50 – 65 cm. The retention limit stays at 1 until Thursday.…

 Councilor Norman Ward made the following post – great news for the Northwest…   Everyone is aware of the low numbers of salmon returning to the Northwest Miramichi river over the past few years and not enough large females making it up river to meet spawning requirements. Because of this the Chief and Council of…

At its Annual General Meeting on April 26, 2014 in Boiestown, the Miramichi Salmon Association elected the following slate of Officers to the lead the organization for the coming year; Mr. David Wilson (Fredericton) – Chairman,  Mr. J.W. Bud Bird (Fredericton) – Chairman Emeritus,  Mr. Brian Moore (Saint John) – Vice Chairman Canada,  Mr. James…

Moncton, NB     April 4, 2014- Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) today approved the 2014 Conservation and Harvesting Plan for Striped Bass in the waters adjacent to the Maritime Provinces in the Southern Gulf of St. Lawrence. New for 2014, the Department will authorize additional days in the retention fishery. From May 1 to 21, from…

SAMANTHA MAGEE                                Miramichi Leader                          March 23, 2014 MIRAMICHI – New regulations for the upcoming salmon fishing season requiring anglers to release their catches in one segment of the Miramichi River are a reasonable measure to address the sagging salmon population, according to the president of the Miramichi Salmon Association. The federal Department of…