http://salmonconservation.ca/en/news/ en chasesa@salmonconversation.ca Copyright 2012 2012-04-02T17:59:53+00:00 http://salmonconservation.ca/en/news/atlantic_salmon_conservation_foundation_funds_31_projects_totaling_330000/ http://salmonconservation.ca/en/news/atlantic_salmon_conservation_foundation_funds_31_projects_totaling_330000/ April 2, 2012, Fredericton, NB – Conservation work to preserve and grow wild Atlantic salmon stocks will receive close to $330,000 in funding from the Atlantic Salmon Conservation Foundation (ASCF) this year. The Foundation announced its 2012 grant recipients today. A total of 31 projects have received support, with grant amounts ranging from $5,000 to $35,000. “This is our fifth round of awards,” said ASCF Chair, the Honourable Rémi Bujold, when the successful applications were announced. “The Foundation has now gained recognition as the funding agent for wild Atlantic salmon conservation in Canada. We have established the Foundation as a reliable and long-term supporter of salmon conservation by community partners.” This year’s round of competition attracted some 50 applications from conservation, environmental, sports angling and Aboriginal groups in Atlantic Canada and Québec looking to fund work slated for the 2012 season. “Some of the projects are long range, multi-year endeavours,” said the Hon. Bujold. “This shows the kind of widespread and active interest in, and commitment to, conservation of wild Atlantic salmon that is necessary to ensure the survival of this wonderful species.” Of the 31 successful projects, four are interprovincial, with funding totaling $61,600; six are being conducted in New Brunswick, $50,000; nine are located in Nova Scotia, $52,000; four are in Prince Edward Island, $63,000; six are located in Québec, $50,000; and two are slated for Newfoundland and Labrador, $53,000. Funding to PEI projects was increased this year through a partnership between the ASCF and the PEI Liquor Control Commission with the proceeds of a special sales event being dedicated to salmon conservation projects. “Again this year, all of us involved with ASCF were very impressed with the quality and quantity of applications we received,” said Hon. Bujold. Applications submitted for grants were assessed and selected by the Foundation’s five provincial advisory committees and its Central Advisory Committee. The Atlantic Salmon Conservation Foundation is a volunteer, non-profit, charitable organization established with the goal of helping to achieve healthy and sustainable wild Atlantic salmon stocks in Atlantic Canada and Québec. Funded with an endowment from the Department of Fisheries and Oceans, the Foundation has created a trust fund to promote and strengthen partnerships among groups working to conserve wild Atlantic salmon. Conservation projects and program administration are financed from interest earned by the trust fund. NOTE: A complete list of funded projects are attached, click here to view.   Contacts:   Stephen Chase, Executive Director, ASCF Telephone:  506-455-9900    E-mail:  chasesa@salmonconservation.ca   Rosalyn Smedley Telephone: 506-455-9900 E-mail: roz@salmonconservation.ca     2012-04-02T17:59:53+00:00 http://salmonconservation.ca/en/news/ascf_recognized_in_childrens_book/ http://salmonconservation.ca/en/news/ascf_recognized_in_childrens_book/ We are pleased to be recognized in Sheila McPhee’s new children’s book The Green Guardian & the EcoSquad.  We are featured on Scout the salmon’s page.  Please visit www.thegreenguardian.ca for more information. Front cover Back cover Scout the salmon  2011-12-09T16:48:45+00:00 http://salmonconservation.ca/en/news/press_release_from_nasco_salmon_summit/ http://salmonconservation.ca/en/news/press_release_from_nasco_salmon_summit/ ASCF comments on the Press Release from NASCO 'Salmon Summit': The Atlantic Salmon Conservation Foundation was created as a permanent resource in support of freshwater salmon conservation activity by community groups.  It is, therefore, important to acknowledge the press release of NASCO's 'Salmon Summit' on the 13 October 2011 acknowledging the importance of addressing freshwater habitat, barriers to migration and over exploitation in ensuring the maximum number of healthy salmon go to the sea from their rivers. See below for the NASCO Press release: source: http://www.nasco.int/sas/ Race to save the salmon At the ‘Salmon Summit’ in La Rochelle, France, scientists confirmed that wild Atlantic salmon are dying at sea in alarming numbers.  Southern stocks including some in North America and Europe are threatened with extinction. The Atlantic salmon is a unique iconic species and an indicator of healthy environments from pristine upland streams to vast oceanic feeding grounds in the North Atlantic. Utilising new technologies, scientists are starting to unravel the mysteries of salmon in the ocean and providing managers with management options to save this iconic species. Dr Malcolm Windsor, Secretary of NASCO, said ‘the goal of the SALSEA Programme, a unique collaboration between international scientists, is to increase understanding of how salmon use the ocean, where they go, how they utilise currents and the ocean’s food resources and what factors influence their migration and distribution at sea’. This Programme used innovative new technologies, including genetic fingerprinting, to map the domain of salmon throughout this vast ocean and identify factors affecting its survival.  This has revealed, for instance, that some of the food chain of salmon is moving further north, seemingly in response to a warming ocean.   Because we now know where salmon are at sea, management measures can be implemented to limit impacts on them, such as fisheries for other species. A clear message to managers in this challenging global environment is to ensure the maximum number of healthy wild salmon go to sea from their rivers. Keeping salmon populations abundant involves addressing impact factors in freshwater, estuarine and coastal waters.  These include degraded freshwater habitat, barriers to migration, over-exploitation and salmon farming. Dr Windsor continued ‘unless we adopt conservation measures identified during the Salmon Summit there is a real risk that southern stocks will become extinct by 2040’. Notes for Editors: NASCO is an intergovernmental organization formed by a treaty in 1984 and is based in Edinburgh, Scotland.  Its objectives are the conservation, restoration and rational management of wild Atlantic salmon stocks.  Its International Atlantic Salmon Research Board (IASRB) was established in 2001 to promote collaboration and cooperation on research into the causes of marine mortality of Atlantic salmon and the opportunities to counteract this mortality. The Parties to the NASCO Convention are: Canada, Denmark (in respect of the Faroe Islands and Greenland), European Union, Norway, Russian Federation and the United States of America.  There are 35 non-government observers accredited to the Organization. SALSEA is an international programme of co-operative research, funded through a public/private partnership, designed to improve understanding of the migration and distribution of salmon at sea in relation to feeding opportunities and predation. The ‘Salmon Summit’, a major international symposium Co-Convened by NASCO and the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (www.ices.dk), and entitled 'Salmon at Sea: Scientific Advances and their Implications for Management', was held at L'Aquarium, La Rochelle, France, during 11-13 October 2011.   130 scientists and managers involved in research and management of salmon in the North Atlantic, North Pacific and Baltic Sea participated in the Summit. The Total Foundation was a major contributor to the SALSEA Programme (through the SALSEA Merge project in the North-East Atlantic) and was a sponsor of the ‘Salmon Summit’.   For further information contact: Dr Malcolm Windsor NASCO tel +44 (0)131 228 2551 email hq@nasco.int www.nasco.int www.salmonatsea.com 2011-11-29T12:36:21+00:00 http://salmonconservation.ca/en/news/peilcc_generates_funds_to_help_protect_island_rivers/ http://salmonconservation.ca/en/news/peilcc_generates_funds_to_help_protect_island_rivers/ PEILCC generates funds to help protect Island rivers More than $13,000 has been raised in support of Island Rivers – Worth Protecting, a new initiative from the Prince Edward Island Liquor Control Commission benefitting the work of the Atlantic Salmon Conservation Foundation in the province.  “I am pleased with the results of this new program and the financial support it to provides to help protect and rejuvenate rivers across the province,” said Robert Henderson, minister responsible for the Prince Edward Island Liquor Control Commission.  A total of $13,146 was raised. "We look forward to committing these funds to Prince Edward Island conservation projects in 2012 and encourage groups to visit our website www.salmonconservation.ca prior to Dec. 16 to apply," said Stephen Chase, executive director of the Atlantic Salmon Conservation Foundation. This is the first year of a five-year commitment by the PEILCC to support Island Rivers – Worth Protecting, which sees participating suppliers donate up to $1 from the sale of selected brands during the month-long initiative. Hon. Robert Henderson, minister of Tourism and Culture and minister responsible for the PEI Liquor Control Commission presents a cheque in the amount of $13,146 to Paul Michael, PEI Director of the Atlantic Salmon Conservation Foundation.  These funds present the proceeds from the Island Rivers-Worth Protecting campaign which ran in PEILCC retail outlets during October.   Media contacts PEI Liquor Control Commission Jamie MacLeod (902)369-5714 jcmacleod@gov.pe.ca Atlantic Salmon Conservation Foundation Stephen A. Chase (506)455-9900 chasesa@salmonconservation.ca     2011-11-24T16:28:57+00:00 http://salmonconservation.ca/en/news/news/ http://salmonconservation.ca/en/news/news/ THE PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND LIQUOR CONTROL COMMISSION IS HELPING TO PROTECT ISLAND RIVERS CHARLOTTETOWN, PEI The Prince Edward Island Liquor Control Commission (PEILCC) and the Atlantic Salmon Conservation Foundation have launched a new fundraising initiative Island Rivers – Worth Protecting. Throughout the campaign, participating suppliers will donate up to $1 from the sale of selected brands at PEILCC retail outlets. The Atlantic Salmon Conservation Foundation will use these funds to help support river conservation projects across the Island. Signage promoting this initiative, including the featured products can be found in all 19 PEILCC retail outlets across the province. “The PEI Liquor Control Commission is pleased to support the efforts of the Atlantic Salmon Conservation Foundation in our province,” said Robert Vessey, minister responsible for the PEI Liquor Control Commission. “The commission has entered into a five-year commitment with the foundation which we are confident will significantly enhance restoration of Island streams and rivers.” “We are very happy to partner with the PEILCC and to benefit from new funds that will assist the six projects currently helping to protect, preserve and upgrade Island rivers,” said Stephen Chase, executive director of the Atlantic Salmon Conservation Foundation. “As a non-profit organization dedicated to improving and strengthening the conservation of Atlantic salmon and river habitat, we look forward to continuing our work on these environmental projects.” Island Rivers – Worth Protecting started Wednesday October 5 and will run through until November 1 in PEI Liquor Control Commission retail outlets across the province. For more information please visit the Prince Edward Islands Liquor Control Commission website http://www.peilcc.ca/. Media Contact: James MacLeod.   Stephen Chase, executive director, Atlantic Salmon Conservation Foundation; Robert Vessey, minister responsible for the PEI Liquor Control Commission; Fred Cheverie, watershed coordinator - Souris Area Wildlife Branch; and Al Ledgerwood, Atlantic Salmon Trust display some of the participating products in Island Rivers – Worth Protecting. This fund raiser supports projects to protect, preserve and upgrade Island rivers and runs in PEILCC retail outlets until November 1. Credit: Brian Simpson, Provincial Photographer 2011-10-18T06:13:24+00:00 http://salmonconservation.ca/en/news/2012_call_for_proposals/ http://salmonconservation.ca/en/news/2012_call_for_proposals/ Dear Salmon Conservationist: This is a reminder that our 2012 Call for Proposals is open for receipt of new proposals for funding of salmon conservation projects. We will accept proposals until Friday, December 16th 2012 at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time.  The proposal form is now available on our website: www.salmonconservation.ca Note: There are a few differences from last year, except the following: Partnership: Proposals demonstrating partnership among the eligible groups are very important to the Foundation, therefore proposals demonstrating real, working partnerships will be considered favourably. Partnerships between First Nations, Aboriginal groups and community groups are encouraged where reasonably possible. All applicants are required to indicate if they have made an effort to attract a First Nation, Aboriginal group or community group, as the case may be, to partner in the proposed project. The proposal form now requires applicants to respond to this question: If a community group, have you attempted to engage a First Nation or Aboriginal partner in this project?  Or, if you are a First Nation or Aboriginal group have you attempted to engage a community group as a partner? Indicate the group name(s) you contacted. If you did not attempt to engage partners, please explain why not. We hope you will submit a proposal. As always, if you have any questions, please contact us at: roz@salmonconservation.ca; or, 506 455-9900. 2011-09-26T14:08:50+00:00 http://salmonconservation.ca/en/news/ascf_brochure/ http://salmonconservation.ca/en/news/ascf_brochure/ Our new brochure is ready! You can dowload the english version here or on our resources page. 2011-07-29T20:48:53+00:00 http://salmonconservation.ca/en/news/spawn_newsletter/ http://salmonconservation.ca/en/news/spawn_newsletter/ The Salmonid Preservation Association for the Waters of Newfoundland just put out there July 2011 Issue. Read it here. Visit www.spawn1.ca for more details on salmon in Newfoundland. 2011-07-08T14:59:38+00:00 http://salmonconservation.ca/en/news/labrador_trap_net_project/ http://salmonconservation.ca/en/news/labrador_trap_net_project/ The Board of Directors of the Atlantic Salmon Conservation Foundation has voted $10,000 in 2011 to support the Labrador Trap Net Project to be operated by the NunatuKavut Community Council (NCC). This contribution helps push the project “over the top” into becoming a reality. Credit goes to Chris Montague of the NCC and Don Hustins of SCNL for bringing the project forward. The Foundation looks forward to working with them. Importantly, the CAC and NL AC played key roles in reviewing the project proposal and recommending approval. This is a great example of how we can respond to a emergent opportunity, together. 2011-06-27T18:28:58+00:00 http://salmonconservation.ca/en/news/atlantic_salmon_conservation_foundation_funds_26_projects/ http://salmonconservation.ca/en/news/atlantic_salmon_conservation_foundation_funds_26_projects/   April 11, 2011, Fredericton, NB – Conservation work to preserve and grow wild Atlantic salmon stocks will receive close to $325,000 in funding from the Atlantic Salmon Conservation Foundation (ASCF) this year. The Foundation announced its 2011 grant recipients today. A total of 26 projects have received support, with grant amounts ranging from $4,000 to $35,000. "This is our fourth round of awards," said ASCF Chair, the Honourable Rémi Bujold, when the successful applications were announced. "The Foundation has now gained recognition as the funding agent for wild Atlantic salmon conservation in Canada. We have established the Foundation as a reliable and long-term supporter of salmon conservation by community partners." This year’s round of competition attracted some 46 applications from conservation, environmental, sports angling and Aboriginal groups in Atlantic Canada and Québec looking to fund work slated for the 2011 season. "Some of the projects are long range, multi-year endeavours," said the Hon. Bujold. "This shows the kind of widespread and active interest in, and commitment to, conservation of wild Atlantic salmon that is necessary to ensure the survival of this wonderful species." Of the 26 successful projects, two are interprovincial, with funding totaling $25,000; eight are being conducted in New Brunswick, $50,000; seven are located in Nova Scotia, $48,000; four are in Prince Edward Island, $50,000; three are located in Québec, $50,000; and two are slated for Newfoundland and Labrador, $50,000. "Again this year, all of us involved with ASCF were very impressed with the quality and quantity of applications we received," said Hon. Bujold. Applications submitted for grants were assessed and selected by the Foundation’s five provincial advisory committees and its Central Advisory Committee. The Atlantic Salmon Conservation Foundation is a volunteer, non-profit, charitable organization established with the goal of helping to achieve healthy and sustainable wild Atlantic salmon stocks in Atlantic Canada and Québec. Funded with an endowment from the Department of Fisheries and Oceans, the Foundation has created a trust fund to promote and strengthen partnerships among groups working to conserve wild Atlantic salmon. Conservation projects and program administration are financed from interest earned by the trust fund. NOTE: A complete list of funded projects are attached, click here to view.  Contacts: Stephen Chase, Executive Director, ASCF E-mail: chasesa@salmonconservation.ca Rosalyn Smedley, ASCF E-mail: roz@salmonconservation.ca Telephone: 506-455-9900    2011-04-14T13:34:33+00:00