For International Year of the Salmon (2019), they are asking you to join them and their conservation partners in taking LEAPS for Atlantic salmon. Did you know that Atlantic salmon can leap up to 12 […]
The Atlantic Salmon Federation is calling on Fisheries and Oceans Canada to enact new management measures to reduce the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence striped bass population. On Tuesday in Ottawa, ASF President Bill Taylor […]
The Atlantic Salmon Federation’s (ASF) annual State of the Populations report finds the number of North American wild Atlantic salmon dropped 15 per cent in 2017 compared to the year before. An estimated 496,000 salmon […]
This is the final installment in a five-part series that follows an Atlantic salmon on its journey upstream to spawn in a tributary of Lake Champlain driven by its instincts (and a pickup truck). Learn why […]
Iceland Outfitters is a travel agency focusing on fishing, hunting and high end sight seeing tours to Iceland. Iceland is known by its magnificent pure nature and it is the home of the mighty […]
The Penobscot River is New England’s second largest river, draining nearly one-third of the State of Maine with a watershed area of 8,570 square miles. The Penobscot River is used as a spawning or nursery […]
The Penobscot River was once teeming with fish. In the early 1800s, an estimated 14-20 million alewives, 75,000-100,000 Atlantic salmon, and 3-5 million American shad were returning. This is not so today. The 12 species […]
The Penobscot River Bridge in Howland and Enfield, Maine was built in 1946 and now needs to be replaced. The Penobscot River supports many types of sea-run fish including alewife, American shad, Atlantic salmon, and […]
Researchers have found that changes in ocean conditions in the Northwest Atlantic during the past 40 years have altered the food web, changing the quantity and quality of important prey species. These food-web changes are […]
When most people in the United States think of salmon, they think of Alaska or the Pacific Northwest. But although it’s hard to imagine today, salmon used to run in big numbers in New England […]
Salmon are famous for boldly fighting their way upstream to spawn. But their trip downstream as young smolts is no less heroic. In the case of Atlantic salmon, many must pass through or around dams, […]
While fishing the Baltic Sea, out of Rugen, Germany, on April 10th, angler Joachim Ochmann caught this 16 kg (35 lb 4 oz) Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)
Wild Atlantic salmon populations were once abundant in the United States as far south as the Housatonic River in Connecticut. Atlantic salmon were an important food source that was highly sought after by Native American […]
NOAA Fisheries announced today a new Species in the Spotlight campaign to focus recovery and public education efforts on eight marine species that are at risk of extinction. The eight species highlighted, all listed as […]
It’s mid-May and spring is now (at last) in full swing. So are the many community groups, First Nations and others getting ready for a busy season of conservation work on local rivers. For 2015, […]
The Atlantic Salmon Conservation Foundation (ASCF) is now accepting proposals to the 2015 application process. ASCF will be offering $1 million in conservation project funding for 2015. The following amounts will be available per jurisdiction: […]
Vermont anglers have something new to smile about. Strong spawning runs of landlocked Atlantic salmon from Lake Champlain have been returning to the Winooski River in the fall. The runs are monitored annually at the […]
Salmon skins glisten in the waters below as three men wait, nets in hand, for the right catch to swim near the surface. The fish, grouped into one corner of an expansive pool, flop against […]
The Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department reminds anglers that Atlantic salmon in the Connecticut River and its tributaries remain a protected species and should not be caught or killed. The once abundant salmon disappeared from […]
State Wildlife Grants support projects that benefit wildlife and their habitats. The goal is to keep species healthy and off the threatened and endangered species list. The department’s effort to restore native landlocked Atlantic salmon […]
You know how frustrating it is to run into roadblocks when you’re trying to get somewhere? Think about how difficult it must be for wild Atlantic salmon whose very survival depends on a migration up […]
When the Morell River Management Coop’s Project Coordinator Becky Petersen headed out last summer to do a habitat assessment of Bristol Creek on Prince Edward Island, she left the usual tools of the task at […]
A hopeful era drew to a close on September 5, when the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced that, facing federal budget cuts and stubbornly low annual returns of sea-run Atlantic salmon, it will end […]
Hot off the IGFA World Records desk: German angler Joachim Ochmann landed this potential 3 kg (6 lb) line class record Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) on May 10th while fishing in the Baltic Sea, out […]
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