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UK group takes ‘Off the Table’ message to chefs
ASF COMMUNICATIONS Jan 19, 2023 A truck carrying dead salmon from a Scottish aquaculture site spilled its load near the community of Laggan in September 2019. Photo Corin Smith In…
Read MoreASF nets $7.5 million grant for Maine habitat work
NOAA FISHERIES SUPPORTS MAJOR WORK IN PENOBSCOT HEADWATERS AND TRIBUTARIES Dec 14, 2022 This dam on Crooked Brook in Danforth, Maine, is one of five dams that will receive fish…
Read MoreHave Your Say: Wild Atlantic Salmon Conservation Strategy
ASF COMMUNICATIONS STAFF Nov 15, 2022 Wild Atlantic salmon parr. Image: Nick Hawkins This Friday is the deadline to provide feedback on DFO’s proposed Wild Atlantic Salmon Conservation Strategy. A similar…
Read MoreSalar – December 2022
ASF’S NEWSLETTER ASF biologist Heather Perry in west Greenland where more than 200-adult salmon were tagged this fall. Learn more below. IN THIS ISSUE ASF nets $7.5 million USD for…
Read MoreSalmon Wars: A Call to Action
BY DOUGLAS FRANTZ AND CATHERINE COLLINS Jul 27, 2022 Open net-pen salmon cages on Nova Scotia’s South Shore. Photo: Tom Cheney On a Sunday afternoon in January 2020, we went…
Read MoreGreenland Tracking Project Produces Crucial Data
BY: GRAHAM CHAFE, ASF BIOLOGIST Jul 5, 2022 Researchers fish for Atlantic salmon in West Greenland ASF’s effort last fall marked a banner year in our satellite tracking in West…
Read MoreNew book highlights best of the Atlantic Salmon Journal
BY MARTIN SILVERSTONE Apr 11, 2023 Only 700 printed. To buy yours contact Jennifer – jbaldwin@asf.ca The Atlantic Salmon Treasury, published by Goose Lane Editions, features rare imagery from photographers like…
Read MoreASF Rivernotes 8 Oct 2020
SALMON MYSTERIES Late season male Cascapedia salmon showing the triangle-shaped teeth and well developed kype. Photo Dan Greenberg In the natural history of Atlantic salmon, mysteries get piled upon mysteries.…
Read MoreASF Rivernotes 22 Oct 2020
SPAWN SONG A large female salmon prepares to dig a redd in the Sandy River, Maine. Photo Cassidy Bigos, Maine DMR The Sandy River is cold, clear, and contains some…
Read MoreASF Rivernotes 30 Oct 2020
TOM MOFFATT ~ TMOFFATT@ASF.CA A leap to the future. Atlantic salmon jumps in the Petit Pabos River, Zone 6 Pool 53. Photo René Giroux MAINE Nearly 130 Atlantic salmon have…
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