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Smolt Tracking
ASF has become a world leader in using sonic transmitters to monitor the movements of smolt as they descend rivers, and move offshore to grow, and to migrate towards ocean feeding grounds.

Miramichi and Restigouche Survival
Tracking of smolt in the Miramichi and Restigouche is showing how different the lives of salmon are in these two major salmon rivers.

Kelt Tracking - 2009
ASF and our partners in 2009 are implanting transmitters in 50 kelts on the Miramichi and more on the St-Jean (St. Lawrence North Shore). In mid-May the transmitter surgery was successful for the Miramichi salmon. Read more in the description.

Tracking Kelts - from Ingeborg Mulder
Ingeborg Mulder worked on tracking kelts with ASF, but has now returned to the Netherlands. Read her own description of the work. Go to: http://atlanticsalmonfederation.org/inge/inge.html

Satellite Drifters and Smolt
As part of its ongoing smolt sonic tracking research program, the Atlantic Salmon Federation will be using satellite drifters in 2010.

Understanding the Genome of Endangered Atlantic Salmon
ASF is a collaborator in a pioneering genomics project that is exploring the traits that make an inner Bay of Fundy Atlantic salmon population distinct, as well as traits that separate them from some European genes that have found their way into the populations of the Upper Salmon River.

Sea Migration of Kelts and Smolts from Magaguadavic in the Bay of Fundy
Are kelts (Atlantic salmon that have spawned) following migration paths north towards Greenland?

Tracking Smolt for Acid Rain Research
West River Sheet Harbour in Nova Scotia is one of at least 54 rivers affected by acid rain - much of that coming as SO2 from the Ohio River valley\\\'s coal-fired power plants.

Magaguadavic - Index River of Wild and Farmed Salmon Interactions
For 18 years - since 1992 - ASF has monitored the Magaguadavic River, documenting interactions between farmed and wild Atlantic salmon

Inventory of Exotic Species in New Brunswick
Evaluating the impact of invasive species such as bass and pickerel is important in understanding the future of our watersheds.

Escaped Farmed Salmon tracking
In the winter and spring of 2004 and early 2005, ASF conducted research on the movement of farmed salmon released from aquaculture sites in Cobscook Bay. Results of this research were published in early 2006.

Alewives tracking in river and at sea related to the Magaguadavic River
Alewives may be extremely important in being "alternate" food for predators interested in smolts. They also act as a distraction from salmon smolts and may be adding important nutrients from saltwater environments.

Ponoi Research Project
The Ponoi is an extremely important salmon river in northwest Russia. ASF and Knipovitch Polar Research Institute of Marine Fisheries and Oceanography (PINRO) are working to understand and protect its future

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Atlantic Salmon Returns Break Records
August 19th, 2010
Many rivers in QC and Atlantic Canada are breaking recent salmon return records

What are NB's Atlantic salmon worth?
June 29th, 2010
An op/ed by ASF's Bill Taylor in the Telegraph-Journal raises the issue of government support for Atlantic salmon conservation.

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DFO Says Labrador Salmon Decline not a Major Concern
August 31st, 2010
DFO says the numbers drop in some years, and is not a major concern.

Developer of Genetically Engineered Salmon Eyes Canadian Regulators
August 27th, 2010
With US review of transgenic salmon nearly complete, AquaBounty turning to Canadian regulators for approval.

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Montreal Dinner
September 15th, 2010

Chicago Dinner
September 28th, 2010

Ottawa Dinner
October 20th, 2010

Saint John Dinner
November 3rd, 2010

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