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WATERSHADE Phase 1: Development of a policy and an implementation plan
August 3, 2023 - This project consists in implementing a restoration plan for thermal refuges on the Restigouche River watershed. In the first phase, a policy will be codeveloped for thermal refuges, namely: premices,...
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Reproductive breaching of beaver dams and logjam dismantling
August 3, 2023 - With aerial flyover and computerized tools, dams were localized on the Patapédia, Upsalquitch and Kedgwick sections of Restigouche River. Field teams will be deployed to open the habitat a few...
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Romaine River salmon restoration program 2021
September 20, 2021 - The mission of the SSRR, which was created in 2011, after the construction of Hydro-Québec dams on Romaine River, is to restore salmon population in Romaine River and its main...
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Atlantic salmon conservation plan and recreational fishing enhancement on the three Pabos Rivers
September 20, 2021 - The development of an Atlantic salmon conservation plan on Pabos rivers will enable us to regroup and analyze all studies, documents, and written material about this river to draw a...
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Enhancement project for salmon potential in Sheldrake River 2021
September 20, 2021 - The salmon population of Sheldrake River was once exceedingly small and doomed to disappear, since it was estimated that fewer than 20 spawners were present in the early 2010s (AECOM,...
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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,...
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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...
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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....