Atlantic salmon returns to the Miramichi River recorded during 2023 represent a historical low point. Local conservation groups point to the recent explosion of striped bass in the Miramichi estuary as a significant factor in the sharp declines in salmon returns. Striped bass, known to prey on fish species native to the Miramichi watershed, including Atlantic…

Photo credit: William Chapman William Chapman, a student at Mount Allison University in Sackville, was on a field trip with his professor. Not knowing the name of a river they passed made Chapman curious, and that marked the beginning of his subway project.   “The professor was talking about, ‘We’re crossing such and such river’ and, you know,…