Nouvelles & Blogs

33RD ANNUAL ASF TORONTO DINNER FEATURES AN AUCTION WITH EXCLUSIVE TRIPS AND GEAR Mar 27, 2023 The 33rd annual ASF Toronto dinner will take place on April 19th at the…

BY: ASF STAFF Apr 26, 2022 Conservationists are celebrating a major milestone this year, as the New Brunswick Wildlife Trust Fund (NBWTF) marks its 25-year anniversary. In 1997 the Department…

BY TOM CHENEY (TCHENEY@ASF.CA) AND JOHN BURROWS (JBURROWS@ASFMAINE.ORG) Apr 22, 2022 Last week Maine’s Department of Marine Resources (DMR) denied an application by American Aquafarms to build a 30-pen, 120-acre…

BY: HEATHER PERRY, ASF BIOLOGIST (HPERRY@ASF.CA) Apr 20, 2022 In early March the call came through: they were catching kelt on the Margaree. By the following week everything was in…

SEEKING A POSTDOCTORAL FELLOW FOR NEW FRESHWATER PROGRAM Jan 23, 2023 The Nepisiguit River in New Brunswick is one of three Wild Salmon Watershed pilots established by ASF in 2022.…

Nov 9, 2022 New York – John Dillon is this year’s recipient of the Lee Wulff Award. Established in 1987, the Lee Wulff Award is the top honour given by the…

May 3, 2022 Effluent is pumped into the ocean after a massive aquaculture die-off in Newfoundland in 2019 Dr. Steve Sutton, Director of Public Policy for the Atlantic Salmon Federation,…

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…

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…