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Flawed EIS for Kennebec Dams Ignores Calls for a Collaborative Recovery Solution
A final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) issued for four dams on Maine’s lower Kennebec River ignores the best available science and could doom endangered Atlantic salmon to extinction while harming…
Lire la suiteRestoring Robert Brook: Collaborative Conservation for Wild Atlantic Salmon
Last summer, important restoration work was completed on Robert Brook, a tributary of the Chéticamp River, thanks to the efforts of the Chéticamp River Salmon Association (CRSA) and its dedicated…
Lire la suiteBass Blockade Bypass: The Trap & Truck Solution
In the spring of 2024, the Atlantic Salmon Federation (ASF) partnered with the North Shore Mi’kmaq Tribal Council (NSMTC), the Miramichi Salmon Association (MSA) and the Canadian Rivers Institute (CRI),…
Lire la suiteThe Countdown
On a very cold, fall morning back in 2002, the fire alarm sounded in hydro-Québec offices in downtown Montreal. My division, which consisted of around 150 environmental specialists, used the…
Lire la suiteWild Salmon Watersheds: Community Engagement Through Smolt Wheels
In 2024, the Wild Salmon Watersheds program reached a huge milestone with the deployment of smolt wheels on Newfoundland’s Terra Nova River and the Nepisiguit River in New Brunswick. This…
Lire la suiteMore coves with more aquaculture debris? The Atlantic Salmon Federation thinks so
Le téléjournal Est-du-Québec: Épisode du samedi 25 janvier 2025
Inside the Locker
What it tells us about open net-pen aquaculture’s lack of respect for the marine environment. Melvin and Laverne Jackman have a cottage in Hardy’s Cove on Hermitage Bay. The couple’s…
Lire la suite2024: It Wasn’t All Bad
Warm weather protocols, too little rain. Norway closes rivers to salmon angling. Matane and other Quebec river counts way down. There was plenty of bad news, but don’t despair; here…
Lire la suiteImage Gallery: Plastic Press Release (December 18, 2024)
Fifteen plastic feed bags pulled from the water in October 2024 near the Locker in south Newfoundland. The bags all come from Northeast Nutrition, a Cooke Aquaculture subsidiary. Kim Thompson/ASF…
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