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Identifying critical thermal refugia and response timing to high water temperature events for adult Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)
May 3, 2018 - The project will focus on identifying 1) critical response thresholds to high temperature stress and 2) critical thermal refugia, and their characteristics of adult Atlantic salmon in Little Southwest Miramichi...
Monitoring returning Atlantic salmon population size in Miramichi River using imaging sonar 2018
May 3, 2018 - The Atlantic salmon population in the Miramichi River has recently declined to unprecedentedly low levels. This decline has triggered management intervention that has imposed a complete restriction on recreational fishing...
Lost at sea: Identifying the marine foraging grounds and resources of inner Bay of Fundy salmon populations
May 3, 2018 - Inner Bay of Fundy (iBoF) Atlantic salmon populations are at risk of extinction and outer Bay of Fundy (oBoF) populations are now in the listing process for consideration of endangered...
Conservation and restoration of wild Atlantic salmon populations in the Bouctouche watershed with the use of river incubators
May 3, 2018 - During the past few years, SAA, along with its partners (Department of Fisheries and Oceans and Bouctouche First Nation) has surveyed, via electro-fishing and trap net surveys, the Atlantic salmon...
Salmonid habitat evaluation, restoration and education for the Shediac Bay watersheds
May 3, 2018 - Ce projet continuera de mettre l’accent sur les travaux de réparation des habitats affectés par les problèmes de sédiments, d’érosion et de passage du poisson. Les travaux seront poursuivis dans...
Broken brooks: Increasing access to salmon habitat through diverse partnerships.
May 3, 2018 - The PWA has spent the last four years conducting culvert assessments in the Petitcodiac watershed and determined that over half of culverts are barriers to fish passage, resulting in restricted...
Nepisiguit salmon assessment & enhancement
May 3, 2018 - The 2018 project is planned to commence with the processing of approximately 125,000 plus eyed salmon eggs from the Charlo SEC using streamside incubation boxes set up by NSA volunteers,...