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DFO is requesting the public to complete a survey designed to inform and consult Canadians on the management of the striped bass recreational fishery in the waters adjacent to the Maritime Provinces in the Southern Gulf of St. Lawrence. The data from this online consultation will be considered in the decision making process of the…

Completed at the end of September, the MSA’s new Donnelly Brook project is the first of what is hoped to be many more cold-water enhancement projects throughout the watershed. This flagship project, located at the confluence of Donnelly Brook and the SW Miramichi (located near Upper Blackville), focused on enhancing the cold-water inputs/influences the brook…

CHRIS MORRIS Legislature Bureau      October 27, 2014 New Brunswick’s leading salmon conservation organizations will hold their annual fundraising dinner in Saint John this week against a backdrop of intensifying concern for the future of the Atlantic salmon and the thousands of people whose livelihoods depend on the recreational and aboriginal fishery. The 12th Annual Autumn…

The 3rd annual “Jody Harrison Memorial Fall Salmon Classic” was held from October 2nd to 5th at the Otter Brook Salmon Club on the Little Southwest Miramichi.  Jody’s friends raised $ 285 which was donated to the NW Miramichi Smolt Study.  Although the fishing was less than spectacular they did manage to catch a few salmon…

With the 19th Annual Fredericton Conservation Dinner as the platform, the MSA and ASF made a joint public call for immediate action to address the crisis facing the survival of our wild Atlantic salmon. In their respective addresses, MSA Chairman David Wilson and ASF President Bill Taylor called on the Prime Minister to establish a Wild…