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Restoring endangered inner Bay of Fundy Atlantic salmon to the Petitcodiac River watershed
August 9, 2019 - The project objective remains continuation of, year over year, higher levels of increasingly wild and fit salmon inputs being realized (fry releases and adult returns) into the Petitcodiac River watershed....

Eel River Atlantic Salmon Habitat Recovery Project
August 9, 2019 - This project will continue to build upon implementation of the 2010 and 2016 strategic and operational fisheries management plans for the Eel River drainage waters and Restigouche County. The following...

Removal of debris and jams – Restigouche watershed
August 9, 2019 - The goal of this project is to remove major woody debris on targeted river sections to prevent the creation of jams harmful to salmon habitat on Little Main Restigouche, Gounamitz,...

Evaluation and strategic planning in the Grande Rivière Tracadie watershed
August 9, 2019 - The project will start with an assessment of 4 watercourses to develop a management plan for each one of them. Watercourses sedimentation in our watersheds is a major limiting factor...

Effects of striped bass predation on Atlantic salmon smolts in the Miramichi River, NB
August 9, 2019 - Atlantic Salmon numbers are on the decline in the Miramichi River, NB. While many factors are hypothesized as causes for the declining numbers, the recovery of the striped bass population...

Life history modelling project for wild Atlantic salmon
August 9, 2019 - Building on the previously funded modelling initiative (i.e. development a stochastic, dynamic life history model that can be used to further explore the factors affecting the survival of Atlantic salmon),...

Assessing the impact of instream barriers and climate change on wild Atlantic salmon population persistence and production in forested boreal watersheds
August 9, 2019 - Instream barriers such as culverts can act to impede fish movement and disrupts ecological connectivity reducing the availability of suitable habitat. In addition, altering fish assemblages, reduces population resilience to...

Improving wild Atlantic Salmon stocks within the Tabusintac and Esgenoôpetitj watersheds
May 3, 2018 - This project will determine the appropriateness of incubation boxes for enhancing wild Atlantic Salmon populations in the Tabusintac and Esgenoôpetitj watersheds. Tabusintac Watershed Association, The Friends of Kouchibouguacis, Tabusintac Club...

Back from the brink: An ecosystem approach to restoring native adult Atlantic salmon through conservation rearing
May 3, 2018 - Fundy National Park (FNP), with its partners, has implemented an innovative restoration strategy which has seen over 2200 wild origin inner Bay of Fundy (iBoF) adult Atlantic salmon released back...