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Heat wave closes salmon pools on Miramichi, other N.B. rivers
NL Minister calls for Environmental Impact Statement
MOWI ORDERED TO COMPLETE FULL ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT FOR ITS NEWFOUNDLAND EXPANSION Oct 26, 2023 “IT’S THE ONLY REASONABLE DECISION,” SAYS ASF An aerial view of an open net-pen salmon aquaculture…
Read MoreASF detects aquaculture salmon escape in the Bay of Fundy
SEA-CAGE BREACHES PUT WILD SALMON IN NEW BRUNSWICK, MAINE, AND NOVA SCOTIA AT SERIOUS RISK Sep 5, 2023 ASF biologist Heather Perry holds a large female aquaculture escapee removed from…
Read MoreTake action: say no to Mowi’s Newfoundland expansion plan
Aug 31, 2023 No expansion for the open net pen salmon aquaculture industry The Atlantic Salmon Federation has significant concerns about the environmental preview report from Mowi Canada East to…
Read MoreStrategic Plan Progress Report
AN OVERVIEW OF THE PROGRESS MADE ON ASF’S 2018-2023 STRATEGIC PLAN Aug 2, 2023 ASF’s current strategic plan was developed in 2018. This plan outlined the priorities for ASF for…
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 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 MoreSalmon Wars: A Call to Action
On a Sunday afternoon in January 2020, we went to a public meeting in Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia, a few minutes from our home. A neighbour had mentioned that the…
Read MoreInternational Stakeholders Agree to Improved Management of Greenland Salmon Fishery
BY: ASF STAFF Jun 23, 2022 The annual meetings of the North Atlantic Salmon Conservation Organization (NASCO) this month produced an exciting agreement for wild Atlantic salmon. Member countries agreed to a…
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