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Developing a Thermal Index for the Naufrage River: Restoring Habitat Resilience and Management Strategies for Atlantic Salmon, Phase 2
July 23, 2026 - Souris and Area Branch of the PEI Wildlife Federation will continue to develop a thermal index of Naufrage River, a predominant Atlantic salmon river in their management area, by implementing...
Miminegash River’s Strategic Wood Addition for Atlantic Salmon Habitat Recovery
July 23, 2026 - This project aims to restore and build Atlantic salmon habitat in the Miminegash River, with a focus on riparian conservation, strategic wood addition, comprehensive monitoring efforts, and knowledge sharing. Key...
Habitat and Migration Enhancement in the Lower Nerepis River
July 14, 2026 - ACAP Saint John will advance restoration in the lower Nerepis Watershed—an important habitat corridor for Atlantic salmon, American eel, and other native fish—by implementing priority actions identified during extensive 2025...
Assessment of Atlantic salmon recruitment prior to the restoration of river processes
February 5, 2025 - Description: Log drive activities linearized and leveled several areas of Escoumins River. If wood transportation accelerated, substrate generally became too coarse for Atlantic salmon spawning. Also, the shallow depth of...
Literature review on the cohabitation of recreational activities on salmon rivers and the carrying capacity of the environment
February 5, 2025 - Description: Since 2020, the pandemic and the exceptional traffic in the Gaspé region and elsewhere in Québec led to questions on recreational uses of salmon rivers and their impact. Since...
Assessment of the Salmon Cove River Watershed
February 5, 2025 - Description: The Salmon Cove River watershed in Conception Bay has been surveyed in the past by both the federal government (DFO) and industry (Vale NL) for potential habitat degradation and...
Development of a management plan for the Baie des Chaleurs watershed and characterization of Atlantic salmon habitat
February 4, 2025 - Description: This project will support the organization’s efforts to develop a management plan for the watershed. The group works with GINU as part of the federal initiative of the Aquatic...
Awareness of the importance of wild Atlantic salmon and its habitats: first scientific forum of the FQSA
June 1, 2022 - We want to hold the first FQSA scientific Forum with the interuniversity Alantic salmon research center (CIRSA), which will be take place in person and partially on the web. It...
Wild Atlantic slmon: Population recovery, monitoring and stewardship – Kouchibouguac and Kouchibouguacis Watersheds
May 31, 2022 - The Friends of Kouchibouguacis (TFK) have been performing various wild Atlantic salmon restoration initiatives since the year 2000. This project contains numerous components that will greatly benefit the wild Atlantic...