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A MIRAMICHI MESSAGE
The Miramichi Salmon Association respects the long
and rich legacy of the Miramichi River and its precious resource, accepting the responsibility to help sustain
that heritage by encouraging all anglers to practice catch-and-release fishing with barbless hooks. The
release of all fish is a great act of conservation in which we can all set an important example in principle. It is an act that we hope will have the rippling effect among all anglers to participate in this
type of conservation leadership.
The
goal in the months and years ahead is to work towards the preservation and enhancement of the wild Atlantic salmon, and for
the protection of its habitat in the Miramichi watershed.
Doug R. MacDonald, Chairman
Mission Statement
Management
actions to optimize the populations of juvenile salmon
stocks in the Miramichi River.
MandateSince 1953, the MSA and its members
have directed their capabilities and their funds to the protection of the entire Miramichi River system.
For over 55 years, the MSA has watched over the Miramichi as a champion of conservation on behalf of anglers,
outfitters, guides and all others with economic, environmental and recreational interests in the river.
Managed by volunteers from Canada, the USA and abroad, as officers and directors, the MSA remains
cooperative with, but independent of, government or special interests influence. It responds in the end only to its growing
conservation membership.
The net result is a well-managed river system that today,
thanks in part to the MSA's championing of its cause, has more miles of salmon angling water and holds larger and healthier
populations of Atlantic salmon than any other river in North America.
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Check
out this YouTube video featuring MSA President Mark Hambrook and Linda Gaston of the Atlantic Salmon Museum
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NSPA ANNUAL DINNER
Rodd Miramichi Hotel
February 16, 2010
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Miramichi heritage by practicing
catch-and-release fishing with barbless hooks.
-------------------------------- MEMORIES OF THE MIRAMICHI Purchase this video
featuring Vince Swazey, Dewey Gillespie, Joan & Lee Wulff, and others canoeing and angling down the Southwest Miramichi
River -------------------------------- MSA CALENDAR Order
your 2010/11 MSA calendar online. This
calendar is a must for the camp, office or home.
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CHALLENGES / RESPONSIBILITIES
As government financial restraint becomes ever more a reality, there are
constantly new pressures to reduce public conservation and enhancement measures in the area of natural resources, as in other
sectors. For example, the Department of Fisheries and Oceans announced that it was divesting its Salmon Enhancement Centre
at South Esk on the Miramichi by Sept 30, 1997. Within two weeks of that date, the MSA with its watershed management partners
responded to the challenge. A new company, Miramichi Fisheries Management Ltd., was formed with 50% ownership by MSA (now
100%) to help sustain the long term future operations of this hatchery.
Similarly, there are other recurring government restraint proposals to
eliminate proven conservation measures, such as salmon tagging and barrier protection pools, and reductions to enforcemnet
staff. With the public advocacy always one of its most important roles, on behalf of the Miramichi River and the Atlantic
salmon, the MSA has taken strong stands in opposition to such cut-backs. There comes a time when it is simply unacceptable
to risk the cancellation of such vital conservation insurance programs on some of our most valued treasures.
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