Miramichi smallmouth project will not proceed

Members of the Working Group on Smallmouth Bass Eradication in the Miramichi made a unanimous decision following an unsuccessful request for the Province of New Brunswick to become proponent, and multiple catches of smallmouth bass outside the project area this year.

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Eradication Project commences

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On September 8th, crews commenced the project to eradicate illegally introduced smallmouth bass from the Miramichi watershed. To read the full release, click here

August 17th 2022 Statement from the Working Group: Cottage owners withdraw injunction motion against North Shore Micmac District Council	August 10th 2022 Statement from the Working Group	March 29, 2022 Mayors, councillors, pass motions of support for critical conservation project
September 22, 2021 Partners decide to press pause until 2022.	August 4, 2021 Project critical to halt invasion of Miramichi watershed, one of the world's most productive Atlantic salmon ecosystems.	July 8, 2021 Posters are going up throughout the Miramichi watershed helping people to identify smallmouth and instructing them to keep any they catch and report findings to DFO.
June 14, 2021 The Working Group is giving notice of a 30-day public comment period regarding a temporary fish migration barrier under the Canadian Navigable Waters Protection Act.	June 10, 2021 On June 10, 2021, the Working Group received signed authorization from Fisheries and Oceans Canada to use an approved rotenone product to eradicate smallmouth bass in a section of the Miramichi watershed.

Miramichi smallmouth project will not proceed

News

Eradication Project commences

August 17th 2022 Statement from the Working Group: Cottage owners withdraw injunction motion against North Shore Micmac District Council

August 10th 2022 Statement from the Working Group

March 29, 2022 Mayors, councillors, pass motions of support for critical conservation project

September 22, 2021 Partners decide to press pause until 2022.

August 4, 2021 Project critical to halt invasion of Miramichi watershed, one of the world's most productive Atlantic salmon ecosystems.

July 8, 2021 Posters are going up throughout the Miramichi watershed helping people to identify smallmouth and instructing them to keep any they catch and report findings to DFO.

June 14, 2021 The Working Group is giving notice of a 30-day public comment period regarding a temporary fish migration barrier under the Canadian Navigable Waters Protection Act.

June 10, 2021 On June 10, 2021, the Working Group received signed authorization from Fisheries and Oceans Canada to use an approved rotenone product to eradicate smallmouth bass in a section of the Miramichi watershed.