CAST Update June 2018
CAST (Collaboration for Atlantic Salmon Tomorrow) – UNB Over the last week, CAST and MSA staff have been deploying/fishing a fyke net in hopes to capture summer run Atlantic salmon in the Northwest Miramichi (above Trout Brook) and Little Southwest Miramichi (Above Upper Oxbow Fishing Adventures Lodge). The fish that are successfully caught will be…
Read More2018 Art and Writing Contest Winners
For 65 years, the MSA has conducted Art and Writing contests for the schoolchildren of the Miramichi. Two years ago, the Art contest was renamed in memory of Bruno Bobak, a celebrated Canadian artist and avid fisherman. This year’s art and writing contest winners can be viewed in the following links, while past years winners…
Read MoreStriped bass spawning ground angling closure in the Northwest Miramichi River from June 4 to June 8, 2018
Moncton, New Brunswick –June 1, 2018 – Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) announced the dates of the closure of angling during the striped bass spawning period in 2018 in a portion of the Northwest Miramichi River. From June 4 to June 8, 2018, angling will be prohibited from the bridge in Red Bank downriver approximately 6.5…
Read MoreField Program Update for May
Even with the very slow, cold, and wet start to our 2018 field season, our May programs have been very successful! The month started with assisting the Atlantic Salmon Federation (ASF) with their Kelt Tracking Program. We tagged 24 Kelt with internal acoustic transmitters and released them back into the River. These transmitters emit a…
Read MoreCAST Update
CAST (Collaboration for Atlantic Salmon Tomorrow) – UNB Throughout the Miramichi watershed, temperature loggers and discharge measuring pressure loggers are being deployed to monitor seasonal physical changes in the river. The dropping water levels allowed us to activate the sonar sites in the Southwest River near Blackville and in the Little Southwest River near Upper…
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