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Atlantic Salmon Smolt Research on the Miramichi River 2025
July 25, 2025 - Adult Atlantic salmon returns to the Miramichi River in 2019 were the lowest on record, according to DFO (Fisheries and Oceans Science Branch), with very little change in recent years....
Establishing river by river, ecologically meaningful temperature triggers for behavioural thermoregulation in juvenile Atlantic salmon
May 31, 2022 - It is well understood that Atlantic salmon will seek thermal refuge once certain temperature thresholds are exceeded, and these thresholds differ with age – this behaviour is termed ‘thermoregulation’. However,...
Atlantic salmon conservation strategy – Tomogonops River
May 31, 2022 - MREAC will prepare an Atlantic Salmon Conservation Strategy for Atlantic salmon on the Tomogonops River, tributary to the Northwest Miramichi River, N.B. In addition to available data on the Tomogonops...
Effects of striped bass predation on Atlantic salmon smolts in the Miramichi River using new predation technology
July 7, 2020 - Year 2019 marks the lowest return of Atlantic salmon ever recorded for the Miramichi River. The striped bass population in the river has recovered to healthy population levels. There is...