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Supporting Salmon: Addressing Habitat Degradation, Food Web Exploration, and Smallmouth Bass Predation
July 25, 2025 - New Brunswick's Wolastoq-Saint John River watershed faces severe ecological degradation from agriculture, human disturbance, and climate change, impacting Atlantic salmon populations. In 2024, the HRAA observed critical issues in the...

Redd-y, Set, Grow: Riparian Restoration for Redd Conservation
February 4, 2025 - Description: This project will rely on HRAA’s members, dedicated volunteers, and participants of HRAA’s Angling Committee to assist in juvenile electrofishing surveys, redd count surveys, and riparian restoration. Project activities...

Conserving future Atlantic salmon population through monitoring and education
July 7, 2020 - HRAA will monitor juvenile Atlantic salmon populations by electrofishing 10 index sites in the Hammond River Watershed to further our understanding of population dynamics. HRAA has an extensive dataset, extending...

Electrofishing and Redd Count Surveys to Inform Future Hammond River Management Decisions
August 9, 2019 - The Hammond River Angling Association will monitor juvenile Atlantic salmon populations by electrofishing 15 index sites in the Hammond River Watershed to further our understanding of population dynamics. The Hammond...