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Debrief: Wild Salmon Connections
Salmon conservationists talk strategy, partnership at London, U.K. conference People from around the world met for three days last week at historic Fishmonger’s Hall on the banks of the Thames…
Read MoreThe 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…
Read MoreWild 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…
Read MoreMore 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…
Read More2024: 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…
Read MoreImage 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…
Read MoreSatellite images detail ocean plastic dumping by NL salmon farmers
Broken sea-cages, net, rope, and other garbage dumped in cove since at least 2011 Satellite images taken over a 13-year period starting in 2011 reveal large-scale disposal of plastic at…
Read MoreHe Never Stopped
Fighting for Atlantic Salmon Bill Taylor was not a goon. Let’s just get that straight. Yes, he was a tenacious agitator and a rabble-rouser during his hockey career, which spanned…
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