Atlantic Salmon Journal

Hugh McKervill, whose first career was as a carpenter, became an excellent writer and photographer. One of my favourite pieces of Hugh’s was “Elixir of Life – Scotch and Salmon.”…

In today’s digital world, everyone is a photographer with a camera at the ready. For some jobs, however, it takes a true professional. This was one of those. The Leonardo…

How climate change is jeopardizing the future of Atlantic salmon, and what can be done about it. Karen Dunmall opened her mail one day in 2012 to find a package…

Here at the Journal we have a strong argument that he or she should be an Atlantic salmon angler. Have you heard, they are looking for a new James Bond?…

Percy Nobbs led an adventurous life. The first editor of the Atlantic Salmon Journal, Percy Nobbs, was a lifetime angler who helped found the Atlantic Salmon Association, the forerunner of…

From the very first moment my good friend Roy described it, I wanted to visit Murphy Falls on the salmon river in Newfoundland. Roy told me, for most weekends when…

A fungus and massive algae bloom further test salar resilience. Maybe I’m getting old, but it seems that lately for every piece of good news I get, there is an…

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…

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…

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…