MSA President Mark Hambrook to Receive Top Conservation Award
Our President, Mark Hambrook, is being presented with the Atlantic Salmon Federation’s highest honour at meetings in Montreal this week. The award has been presented annually since 1975 in memory of T.B. “Happy” Fraser to an individual who has made outstanding, long-term contributions to wild Atlantic salmon conservation. Miramichi Salmon Conservationist Receives Top AwardAprill 29, [...]
Recreational Striped Bass Fishery to Open with Retention Season in May
DFO Minister Keith Ashfield announced today the re-opening of a limited, recreational Striped bass fishery this season. A retention fishery will be open from May 1 to May 15, 2013, where anglers will be able to catch and retain a maximum of one Striped…
New Live Release Video for Wild Atlantic Salmon
The Atlantic Salmon Federation has produced a video showing the proper techniques for releasing an Atlantic salmon. A New Live Release Video for Wild Atlantic Salmon Posted on April 20, 2013 by admin In New Brunswick the 2013 Atlantic salmon angling season is already here, and elsewhere it will be starting before too long. To [...]
Striped Bass – MSA Response to the Minister
MSA President Mark Hambrook attended the DFO consultation held at Metepenagiag Lodge on March 19th. The e-mail to Minister Ashfield below was MSA’s initial response to the meeting at which DFO told attendees they were going to close all angling fisheries from the Newcastle Bridge to the Red Bank bridge from May 1st to June [...]
Affordable housing units officially open in Miramichi
Twelve affordable housing units for families and people with disabilities have officially opened in Miramichi. “Investing in affordable housing is fundamental to rebuilding New Brunswick together,” said Social Development Minister Madeleine Dubé. “I am pleased to celebrate this project, which shows our government’s commitment to enhancing the quality of life of New Brunswickers and their [...]
NSPA / MSA Annual Fund Raiser – February 12th, 2013
The Miramichi Salmon Association and the Northumberland Salmon Protection Association would like to invite you to attend our annual joint gala dinner. This year’s dinner will be held at the Rodd Miramichi on February 12th, 2013. Festivities will commence at 6:30 pm with a smoked salmon reception, followed by the dinner and auction at 7:30 [...]
MSA 60th Annual Boston Dinner – Saturday, February 2, 2013
MSA 60th Annual Boston Dinner – Saturday, February 2, 2013 Please join us at the Miramichi Salmon Association’s 60th Annual Boston Dinner and Symposium on Saturday, February 2, 2013. As in the past, this event will be held at the Burlington Marriott in Burlington, Massachusetts (near Boston). On this occasion, you will be joining fellow [...]
The Perfect Angling Partner
The Perfect Angling Partner by Squirrel Tail Vickers It’s been a year without my old fishing buddy, the one who smoked too much, shared the most personal stories about me with strangers, never netted my fish on the first try, over-cooked my partridge breasts, and always made me wait for him to get up for [...]
