Stocking Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) first-feeding fry can improve the juvenile production capacity of the Miramichi River by targeting areas that are under-seeded or inaccessible to wild spawning adults. An electrofishing survey is carried out each year by the Miramichi Salmon Association (MSA) to assess areas of the river that are lacking adequate numbers of fry or parr. Low fry or parr numbers could be the result of multiple factors including poor adult returns, barriers to adult movement into upper stream reaches (i.e.: beaver dams), environmental events such as ice scouring that could destroy a redd, or suboptimal water conditions. Areas with zero/minimal fry present were targeted to stock and efforts were made …

Approximately 88,156 first-feeding Atlantic salmon fry were stocked into 17 sites in four tributaries of the Miramichi River (Figures 1a&b, Figure 2). The Northwest Miramichi River received 23,567 wild fry (Table 1a) and the Northwest Millstream 30,118 SAS fry (Table 1b). The Southwest Miramichi River system received 34,471 wild fry – 9,853 in Burnthill and 24,618 in Juniper (Table 2). The water levels were very low this summer and a fire ban was in place to keep vehicles out of the woods during our stocking days, so some sites had additional buckets of fry added due to lack of available and accessible habitat. A further 12,766 brook trout fry were distributed to a satellite tank rearing location for future release (Table 3).  ...

Approximately ng. 534,756 firstand trout fry were taken to satellite rearing sites for continued feeding Atlantic salmon fry were stocked into of the Miramichi River (Figure s 1a&b, Figure 2). The Northwest 40 sites in Miramichi River three tributaries system received wild fry (Table 1a) and 463,878 SAS fry (Table 1b). T he Southwest Miramichi River system 53,128 received 17,750 wild fry (Table 2 ). An additional 16,148 release by local conservation groups (Table satellite tank rearing location 3 ) . fry were taken to satellite holding tanks for future A further for future release (Table 4 5,550 ). b rook trout fry were distributed to a Figure 1a. Stocking sites of wild salmon fry distributed to the Northwest Miramichi River in 2019. ...

Approximately 102,500 first-feeding Atlantic salmon fry were stocked into 40 sites in 3 tributaries of the Miramichi River (Figure 1 and Figure 2). The Northwest system received 12,000 fry and the Southwest system 90,500 (Table 1a&b). An additional 55,000 fry were taken to satellite holding tanks for future release by local conservation groups (Table 2). Furthermore, 7,057 brook trout fry were distributed to a satellite tank rearing location (Table 3). ...

Approximately 235,031 first-feeding Atlantic salmon fry were stocked into 67 sites in five tributaries of the Miramichi River (Figure 1 and Figure 2). The Northwest system received 93,431 fry and the Southwest system 84,113 (Table 1a&b). An additional 57,487 fry were taken to satellite holding tanks for future release by local conservation groups (Table 2). Furthermore, 2,619 brook trout fry were distributed to a satellite tank rearing location (Table 3). ...

Approximately 91,171 first-feeding Atlantic salmon fry were stocked into 45 sites in five tributaries of the Miramichi River (Figure 1a&b). The Northwest system received 15,483 fry and the Southwest system 75,688 (Table 1). An additional 21,100 fry were taken to satellite holding tanks for future release by local conservation groups (Table 2). Additionally, 22,913 brook trout fry were distributed to a satellite tank rearing location (Table 3). ...

Approximately 231,313 first-feeding Atlantic salmon fry were stocked into 80 sites in seven tributaries of the Miramichi River (Figure 1). The Northwest system received 112,819 fry and the Southwest system 118,494 (Table 1). An additional 21,000 fry were taken to satellite holding tanks for future release by local conservation groups (Table 2). Additionally, 40,000 brook trout parr and 1,200 yearlings were distributed to two satellite tank rearing locations (Table 3). ...

From June 25th to July 22nd 2014, approximately 306,118 first-feeding Atlantic salmon fry were stocked into 64 sites in seven tributaries of the Miramichi River. The Northwest system received 123,200 fry and the Southwest system 182,918 (Table 1). An additional 45,873 fry were taken to satellite holding tanks for future release by local conservation groups (Table 2). Additionally, 21,810 brook trout parr were distributed to two satellite tank rearing locations (Table 3). ...

From May 17th to June 28th 2013, approximately 87,394 young of the year brook trout were stocked into 9 locations (Table 1). A total of 268,652 early-feeding Atlantic salmon fry were released into 43 locations in tributaries and main river locations of the Miramichi River (Table 2). 26 sites on the Northwest Miramichi River were stocked with a total of 129,369 salmon fry, and 17 sites on the Southwest Miramichi River were stocked with a total of 139,283 salmon fry. In 2013 the Miramichi Headwater Salmon Federation (MHSF) were able to accommodate a high number of salmon in their rearing tank facility, stocking a total of 29,000 salmon fry into 7 locations in the head waters area (Table 4.). 55,942 salmon fry (including the MHSF) and ...

From June 19 to July 5, 2012, approximately 330,189 Atlantic salmon first-feeding fry were released into targeted sites in seven tributaries of the Miramichi River (Table 1). The firstfeeding fry were released into 52 sites, with 226,250 fry released into Northwest Miramichi River tributaries and 103,939 fry released into Southwest Miramichi River tributaries (Table 1). An additional 42,146 fry were taken to satellite holding tanks for future release by local conservation groups (Table 2). We also distributed 14,986 brook trout parr into two satellite rearing tanks (Table 3). ...