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Implementing Atlantic Salmon Conservation Strategies for the Tabusintac Watershed
July 25, 2025 - TWA and partners would address nine of the strategies from its report Atlantic Salmon Conservation Strategy - Headwaters of the Tabusintac Watershed to improve Atlantic salmon habitat and populations. Water...

Supporting Salmonids in the Shediac Bay Through Integrated Watershed Management Planning
July 25, 2025 - Over the past four years, the "Fisheries Management Plan" has compiled extensive water quality, electrofishing, eDNA, restoration, culvert assessment, and temperature data into a unified reporting template for major watercourses...

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...

Monitoring and Communication of Welamukotuk Atlantic Salmon
July 25, 2025 - To protect endangered Atlantic Salmon in the Oromocto River, this project will: 1) conduct targeted electrofishing surveys to assess population densities in key habitats; 2) gather data for DFO and...

Conserving aquatic habitat through targeted bank restoration along the Lower Nashwaak River
July 25, 2025 - The Nashwaak Watershed Association Inc. (NWAI) is undertaking a comprehensive riverbank restoration and erosion mitigation project along the Nashwaak River to enhance Atlantic salmon habitat, improve water quality, and promote...

Volunteer redd survey of the Nashwaak River and tributaries
July 25, 2025 - The Nashwaak River is an index river for the Outer Bay of Fundy (OBoF) designable unit of wild Atlantic salmon, which has been listed as endangered by COSEWIC since 2010....

Restoration of Porters Brook and post-removal monitoring, 2025
July 25, 2025 - The Porters Brook culvert, located on Nashwaak West Road, was ~40m upstream from an important holding pool for salmonids in the Nashwaak river. As per phase one of the project,...