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Grilse runs have declined dramatically on
most rivers this season The very latest river report covering
all of Quebec and Atlantic Canada is now available on the website
of the Atlantic Salmon Federation. Given the decline, should
further conservation measures such as reducing kill tags be taken?
Read the reports at: Many outfitters and clubs are taking live
release very seriously these days, making it part of the way
they do business, for the future good of the runs. Check out
the latest on these outfitters going above and beyond for the
Atlantic salmon. A court case in British Columbia has given
a boost to Canada's Species at Risk Act (SARA), by forcing DFO
to include critical habitat designation and protection as part
of any recovery plan. While the lawsuit was launched over a small
fish in southern BC, it has implications for all species with
SARA designation, including the endangered inner Bay of Fundy
Atlantic salmon, now reduced to a few hundred returning fish.
Check out the Globe and Mail article: Lastly, concerns about aquaculture continue
throughout the range of the wild Atlantic salmon. In Scotland
there was a release on Mull of 37,000 fish a few weeks ago. A
recent study in Sweden indicates that, if genetically modified
salmon were grown, then escaped, they would threaten wild Atlantic
salmon. STAY UP TO DATE WITH
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