Bass threaten Miramichi Salmon - and Aquaculture Woes - ASF

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Salmon Farmers in New Brunswick are temporarily allowed to use the restricted pesticide Alphamax (deltamethrin) against sea lice, which worries fishermen and environmentalists.
http://www.asf.ca/news.php?id=588

An interesting letter from the Chairman of Fisheries Committee for the NB Wildlife Federation appeared in the Telegraph Journal on the issue of smallmouth bass in the Miramichi River.*
http://www.asf.ca/news.php?id=586

Speaking of the Miramichi:* Despite the economic slump, salmon lodges on the Miramichi did very well this year.*
http://www.asf.ca/news.php?id=583

Donal O?Brien, Former Chairman of ASF (U.S.), recently received The Audubon Medal**from the National Audubon Society in recognition of his dedication to advancing conservation on a global scale for five decades.
http://www.asf.ca/news.php?id=589

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It completely baffles me how all the information is available to save the salmon systems threatened by SMB in our neck of the woods and our departments who are there to protect these systems sit around and wait for things to deteriorate to the point that it is too late.....


Someone please help

I know this won't go over well but are the smallmouth native to the lake and/or river??? Are they a species that is native to any of the tributaries of the other waters that flow into it??? Or did someone illegally stock them there. If their native to any of the waters that make up the entire eco-system then I'm sorry but they are part of it. Just because you favor one type of fish over another is NOT a good reason to kill one species off.

That would be like saying kill off all Brown trout in the US, cause they aren't native fish to this country, they were stocked in many waters from early 1883.

Fatman

smallmouths are native to the St. Lawrence watershed, and most waters in the region. Not sure about that particular river/lake, but don't see why they wouldn't be.

Gents

All ILLEGALLY introduced

It would be like having some one transplant them in the Salmon and Steelhead rivers of the NorthWestern US.. This has become a troubling situation here in Atlantic Canada,,, Now people are transporting Chain pickrel to there watersheds...

The Lahave, Medway.Mersey all use to be prime waters(all be it they have other issues as well) have succumb to the invasion.

The Mirimichi one of if not the greatest Atlantic Salmon systems in the world as well as the Magaree in Nova Scotia have been affected by this burden as well

Do not get me wrong...In their own enviornment these are all great sportfish... In a Salmon river they are a devestation

Again Please Help......

Update

It seems thew local government in NS are finally addressing the situation. A little too late but may help some watersheds

http://thechronicleherald.ca/NovaScotia/1210397.html