Atlantic Salmon Federation calls on Greenland to cut catches

Some are calling on Greenland to scrap its commercial factory salmon fishery as part of a multinational effort to protect the stock that migrates north to feeding grounds off its west coast from rivers in Canada, the States and other countries.

The Atlantic Salmon Federation released figures Wednesday indicating that Greenland caught 63 per cent of a certain type of salmon that spent two winters off its coast, while Canada harvested 35 per cent of them.

LINK (via: CBC News)

"We borrowed from nature to make those dams. Now let’s return them to nature.”

Photo: Tom Moffatt/ASF

The Atlantic Salmon Federation and the Sheepscot Valley Conservation Association have approached the towns of Alna and Whitefield in Maine with proposals to either purchase or negotiate the removal of Alna’s Head Tide Dam and Whitefield’s Coopers Mills Dam.

LINK (via: BDN Maine)

Atlantic salmon leaping in northern Newfoundland (photo Tom Moffatt/ASF) - See more at: http://www.asf.ca/images.html#sthash.1K73NW8s.dpuf

Live Release of Wild Atlantic Salmon

Applicable to pretty much any species.

Live Release contributes to increasing spawning success and the health of future runs of wild Atlantic salmon. This video offers anglers the opportunity to watch good live release technique and offers clear advice in a variety of situations - all photographed on a magical salmon river. ASF, FQSA and the Quebec Government partnered to produce it.