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For anyone planning a canoe trip on the Southwest this season MSA Director Greg Sprague has provided us with a mileage chart – to download the chart click Main SW Mileage by Canoe Thanks Greg!

K. BRYANNAH JAMES                                Miramichi Leader                          May 15, 2014 METEPENAGIAG • The band council for the Metepenagiag First Nation has decided to keep gill nets out of the water this season in an effort to help with the conservation of wild Atlantic salmon. Adam Augustine, director of operations for Metepenagiag Mi’kmaq Nation, said the…

 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…