Rivernotes
Rivernotes July 31, 2025
Editor’s Note In a large hangar — with a retractable metal roof — on top of a vessel that was once a Labrador Sea icebreaker, students from around the world…
Read MoreRivernotes July 24, 2025
Editor’s Note With a break in the warm weather, some warm water protocols have been lifted on Atlantic Canadian rivers, like the Miramichi. But others, like the Margaree in Cape…
Read MoreRivernotes July 17, 2025
Editor’s Note Nathan Wilbur has been selected as the next President of the Atlantic Salmon Association as of July 11th. “It is both humbling and exciting to be taking ASF…
Read MoreRivernotes July 10, 2025
Editor’s Note On Tuesday, ASF staff were in Ottawa to deliver a press conference at the Parliamentary Press Gallery following the discovery of new dumping sites by the salmon farming…
Read MoreRivernotes July 4, 2025
Editor’s Note The days are heating up quickly, and a little bit of rain is making all the difference. In some places in Atlantic Canada and Maine, rain is raising…
Read MoreRivernotes June 12, 2025
Editor’s Note Rivers change quickly. What started out as a cold and rainy spring everywhere, has turned into a mixed bag. A couple of weeks of dry, warm weather in…
Read MoreRivernotes June 19, 2025
Editor’s Note Everyone is in full swing. Whether it’s anglers catching some early bright salmon returning to our rivers, or the different watershed and conservation groups working on projects. This…
Read MoreRivernotes June 26, 2025
Editor’s Note In the heart of downtown Dover-Foxcroft, Main Street crosses over a river. This is the location of the Mayo Mill Dam. The town has just voted to remove…
Read MoreRivernotes May 15, 2025
Editor’s Note “Get out of here,” Jon Carr said, as he knocked over a five-foot chunk of ice that shattered on the rocks. Jon, ASF’s Senior Research Scientist, and Kris…
Read MoreRivernotes May 29, 2025
Editor’s Note Believe it or not, it’s the end of May. By all accounts, throughout the entire Atlantic region, it has been a cold and rainy spring, which is good.…
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