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Municipal Atlantic salmon education and leadership in habitat securement
September 15, 2021 - In 2020-2021 SAM received its first ASCF grant, allowing SAM to directly engage for the first time, NL municipal councils in the conservation of Atlantic salmon habitat. A GIS analysis...
Salmon awareness days 2021
September 13, 2021 - Three full day Salmon and its habitat awareness days are planned for throughout the province. One will take place on the Avalon, one in Western and one in Central. Games,...
Evaluate the success of the 2004 watershed conservation strategies for Atlantic salmon in Bay St. George rivers, and develop a new conservation strategy 2021
September 13, 2021 - This project is the final year for collecting information which will be used to evaluate the success of the Atlantic Salmon Management Plan for Bay St. George Rivers implemented in...
Identification and prioritization of barriers inhibiting fish passage within the Saint John Watershed
September 13, 2021 - Fragmentation of stream networks by anthropogenic structures such as road culverts can affect the health of a catchment by negatively affecting the ecosystem’s biota, their movements, abundances, and species richness....
Population Monitoring of Atlantic Salmon 2021
September 13, 2021 - The Atlantic salmon residing in the St. John River are listed as an endangered species by COSEWIC and we have a duty to protect them and educate others of their...
Miramichi Cold-Water Enhancement Program 2021
September 13, 2021 - Atlantic salmon in the Miramichi are assessed as Special Concern by COSEWIC and are struggling to meet conservation minimums. Miramichi Atlantic salmon face a variety of marine and freshwater threats,...
Nepisiguit Salmon Enhancement and Assessment 2021
September 13, 2021 - The 2021 project will include the processing of approximately 80,000 eyed salmon eggs from the Charlo SEC hatchery using streamside incubation boxes. The resulting swim up fry will be stocked...
Atlantic Salmon Smolt Research Miramichi 2021
September 13, 2021 - Adult Atlantic Salmon returns to the Miramichi River in 2019 were the lowest on record, according to DFO (Fisheries and Oceans Science Branch). Understanding if smolt targets are being met...
Atlantic Salmon Management Plan – Black River
September 13, 2021 - MREAC will prepare an Atlantic Salmon Conservation Strategy for Atlantic salmon on the Black River, Northumberland County, N.B. Leading into writing the plan, additional temperature monitoring, habitat assessment and land...