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Kris McDavid miramichi leader 09 Sep 2013 07:46AM SOUTH ESK – Of the many threats to the security of Miramichi’s Atlantic salmon, there are few over which conservationists have any control. Miramichi salmon stocks are in steady decline and biologists are pointing to everything from an expanded commercial fishery in Greenland, disease, the role of…

By Kris McDavid mcdavid.kris@miramichileader.com 15 Aug 2013 10:34PM 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 James Foster Times & Transcript Staff 15 Aug 2013 10:04PM According to the plan, invasive smallmouth bass should be gone by now from Miramichi Lake. But after an intensive three-year effort to get rid of the bass which pose a threat to Atlantic salmon in the Miramichi River system, some bass remain, and the…

Chris Morris Legislature Bureau 26 Jul 2013 07:29AM With fish populations nosediving for unknown reasons, the Miramichi Salmon Association is stepping up its efforts to conserve the threatened Atlantic salmon. Mark Hambrook, president of the Miramichi Salmon Association, said in an interview Thursday the organization is marking its 60th anniversary this year by rededicating itself…