June 26, 2025 - The Miminegash watershed had been a good producer of salmon for many years. However, between the impacts of overfishing and blockages in the river caused by an expanding beaver population,...

April 28, 2025 - Atlantic salmon abundance has decreased significantly over the past 30 years and mortalities at sea are known to be a contributing factor to that decline. But the causes of those...

February 26, 2025 - The impacts of Hurricane Fiona were felt across the Atlantic provinces. And while Prince County, PEI avoided the most devastating impacts of the storm, the effects of those impacts compounded...

October 31, 2024 - Over the years, observers have reported seeing some fish getting stuck in pools and being unable to move past culverts in the upper parts of the Belleisle watershed in southern...

August 28, 2023 - Since 2015 the Bluenose Coastal Action Foundation (BCAF) has been assessing aquatic connectivity in the watershed in waves. This process involved venturing into the watershed, identifying high priority sites based...

July 30, 2023 - The Corporation du bassin de la Jacques-Cartier (CBJC) does a wide variety of work to help bolster Atlantic salmon numbers in that waterbody. However, they have found that many residents...

June 27, 2023 - Newfoundland’s Waterford River was historically home to significant numbers of Atlantic salmon, but after many years of nearby urban development and competition from introduced brown trout they have not been...

April 30, 2023 - Pinevale Brook is the largest tributary to the South River in Antigonish County, Nova Scotia. This stream historically contained important spawning and rearing habitat for juvenile Atlantic salmon, however the...

August 31, 2021 - Sea lice are a naturally occurring phenomenon whereby the parasites infect wild migrating salmon, usually without serious harm because the lice fall off when the salmon enter fresh water. Open...