October 31, 2024 - Over the years, observers have reported seeing some fish getting stuck in pools and being unable to move past culverts in the upper parts of the Belleisle watershed in southern...

August 28, 2023 - Since 2015 the Bluenose Coastal Action Foundation (BCAF) has been assessing aquatic connectivity in the watershed in waves. This process involved venturing into the watershed, identifying high priority sites based...

July 30, 2023 - The Corporation du bassin de la Jacques-Cartier (CBJC) does a wide variety of work to help bolster Atlantic salmon numbers in that waterbody. However, they have found that many residents...

June 27, 2023 - Newfoundland’s Waterford River was historically home to significant numbers of Atlantic salmon, but after many years of nearby urban development and competition from introduced brown trout they have not been...

April 30, 2023 - Pinevale Brook is the largest tributary to the South River in Antigonish County, Nova Scotia. This stream historically contained important spawning and rearing habitat for juvenile Atlantic salmon, however the...

August 31, 2021 - Sea lice are a naturally occurring phenomenon whereby the parasites infect wild migrating salmon, usually without serious harm because the lice fall off when the salmon enter fresh water. Open...

August 31, 2021 - The project titled “Atlantic salmon habitat restoration and enhancement, phase two” and led by Hillsborough River Association, with $7,479 funded by ASCF, has implemented recommendations from a renewed Conservation Strategy...

August 31, 2021 - Nova Scotia is singularly impacted by acid rain. Because of a unique geology many of the province’s salmon streams remain seriously damaged while the problem has been resolved in most...

August 31, 2021 - In 2020, a project led by Nepisiguit Salmon Association with $13,000 funded by ASCF, was carried out in the Nepisiguit and area rivers. Salmon fry were stocked into the Nepisiguit,...