Reasons for Support of CAST’s Smolt-to-Adult-Supplementation Project
The following explains in detail why we support a continuation of the Coalition for Atlantic Salmon Tomorrow’s (CAST’s) Smolt-to-Adult Supplementation (SAS) program on the Northwest / Little Southwest Miramichi River systems.
We, the New Brunswick Salmon Council (NBSC) have grave concerns about the progressively decreasing wild Atlantic salmon population of the greater Miramichi system, particularly of the sub-populations of the Northwest (NW) and Little Southwest (LSW) Miramichi drainages.
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Council Receives Recognition from Atlantic Salmon for Northern Maine
April 16, 2019
The NB Salmon Council (NBSC) received an award of recognition from its Atlantic Salmon for Northern Maine (ASNM) affiliate at that group’s annual find-raising dinner on April 6 in Presque Isle. The award and commemorative plaque are presented annually to people or groups who help with the ASNM’s efforts to recolonize the Aroostook River and other Maine tributaries of the St. John River with wild sea-run Atlantic salmon.
In 2018, the NBSC and another affiliate, the St. John Basin Salmon Recovery Inc., assisted ASNM in acquiring 40,000 eyed Tobique River eggs from the Mactaquac Biodiversity Facility, and in completing the permitting process to transport the eggs across the international boundary. The eggs are currently being incubated in the ASNM’s hatchery at Dug Brook near Ashland, Maine. After hatching and just prior to complete yolk absorption, the unfed fry that are produced will be released to an Aroostook River tributary where they will grow in the wild for two or three years. It is hoped that the smolts produced will jump start a Maine-based Captive Adult Rearing program for the Aroostook and other northern Maine St. John River tributaries.
John Pugh (left), president of the NBSC receiving the award from Brian Fields, President ASNM
NB Salmon Council's support for the retention of Larry's Gulch fishing lodge under public ownership
This letter was sent to the TJ and not published, but that the premier and the DERD minister have been informed of the Councils views.
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Council Calls for Greater Striped Bass Harvest in Miramichi Estuary - Cites ASF Studies
Aug 30/2018
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