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Broken Brooks – Culvert Remediation and Equipping Recreational Waterway Users to Restore Fish Passage in SE NB
July 25, 2025 - The PWA will continue to conduct culvert assessments, collecting data on culvert passability and barriers to fish passage in the Petitcodiac watershed to expand inner Bay of Fundy (iBoF) Atlantic...
Salmon Population and Habitat Assessment
July 25, 2025 - In 2025 the NSA will continue working on habitat assessment of Pabineau and Gordon Meadow brooks. We will continue with electro-fishing, water quality sampling, monitoring of all sources of contamination...
Implications of salmon conservation and rearing strategies on epigenetics and riparian ecosystems in New Brunswick, Canada
July 25, 2025 - River ecosystems on Canada’s East Coast face nutrient limitations, largely due to the decline in anadromous fish like Atlantic salmon, which are critical for transporting marine-derived nutrients (MDNs) that enrich...
Measuring the Effects of Habitat Restoration & Abundance Supplementation on Atlantic Salmon Populations
July 25, 2025 - A literature review and peer-reviewed publication will be completed that examines the challenges globally for Atlantic Salmon restoration. This research project ultimately aims to evaluate the outcomes and consequences of...
Community engagement for aquatic conservation project
February 5, 2025 - Description: Corduroy Brook Enhancement Association Inc. (CBEA) has a fishway that was established in collaboration with Ducks Unlimited. However, although it is prohibited, they have noticed individuals fishing in this...
Eel River Bar Atlantic Salmon Habitat Recovery Project
August 3, 2023 - This project will continue to build upon implementing the 2010 and 2016 strategic and operational fisheries management plans for the Eel River drainage waters and Restigouche County. The following management...
WATERSHADE Phase 1: Development of a policy and an implementation plan
August 3, 2023 - This project consists in implementing a restoration plan for thermal refuges on the Restigouche River watershed. In the first phase, a policy will be codeveloped for thermal refuges, namely: premices,...
Reproductive breaching of beaver dams and logjam dismantling
August 3, 2023 - With aerial flyover and computerized tools, dams were localized on the Patapédia, Upsalquitch and Kedgwick sections of Restigouche River. Field teams will be deployed to open the habitat a few...
Assessing Barriers (Lower) & restoring access (Upper) to Fish Passage in the Belleisle Watershed
August 2, 2023 - The purpose of ‘Assessing Barriers to Fish Passage in the Lower Belleisle Watershed’ is to identify, assess and delineate barriers to fish passage in the lower Belleisle watershed. Specifically, the...