ASF Rivernotes 16 July 2021
Rain, caverns, threat of invasive species. These are all part of this week’s wide-ranging RIVERNOTES.
Rain, caverns, threat of invasive species. These are all part of this week’s wide-ranging RIVERNOTES.
Fish advocates decry draft federal report saying Fairfield’s Shawmut Dam should not be shut down. Conservation groups are at odds with a Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s draft environmental assessment showing that decommissioning the dam is not a reasonable alternative to relicensing it.
TOM MOFFATT ~ TMOFFATT@ASF.CA Jul 9, 2021
Alarm bells ringing for Atlantic salmon. An invasive species from the Pacific appears to take its place. Local regulators are introducing fishing bans in several rivers in the north Norwegian Finnmark region as fears grow over the future of the Atlantic salmon.
PETE WARNER Jul 8, 2021
Federal Court denies injunction to fish farm to transfer Atlantic salmon to B.C.’s Discovery Islands. A coalition of environmental groups that intervened in the case welcomed the decision while Cermaq says it is disappointed and was blindsided by the government.
Jul 8, 2021
POSTERS AND MEDIA INSTRUCT ANGLERS TO KEEP ANY SMALLMOUTH CAUGHT IN THE MIRAMICHI AND IMMEDIATELY NOTIFY DFO Jul 8, 2021
NATHAN DELONG Jul 6, 2021
FRED BEVER Jul 6, 2021