February 24, 2026 - Like many rivers, the Escoumins River in Québec’s Haute-Côte-Nord region was used by the local logging industry to transport lumber by floating it downstream. The river was winding, however, and...

November 26, 2025 - Nova Scotia is home to relatively few rivers that are open to recreational salmon anglers, the majority located on the northern shore of the province on the Northumberland Strait. Of...

July 30, 2025 - In the 1990s, a study found that degraded riparian zones and elevated stream temperatures were key limiting factors in the health of the Kennebecasis River and many of its tributaries....

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...