Funded projects to restore and rebuild Atlantic salmon populations and their habitats
Backgrounder
Fisheries and Oceans Canada announced $6.1 million, from four funding programs, to reinforce the early implementation of Canada’s first ever conservation strategy for Atlantic salmon to restore and rebuild wild Atlantic salmon populations and their habitats.
Atlantic Salmon Federation (ASF) |
Wild Salmon Watersheds: Partner project-based capacity building |
$1,540,816.00 |
Woodstock First Nation (WFN) |
Woodstock First Nation Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration of PeabodyBrook and McDougall Brook |
$811,505.00 |
Canada Nature Fund for Aquatic Species at Risk
Friends of the Kouchibouguacis |
Recovery and Protection of Aquatic Species at Risk within the Kouchibouguac and Kouchibouguacis Watersheds |
$650,000.00 |
Dalhousie University |
Tracking species at risk in the Southern Gulf of St. Lawrence Priority rivers |
$731,997.00 |
The Foundation for Conservation of Atlantic Salmon |
The Atlantic Salmon Conservation Partnership Symposium |
$10,000.00 |
Dalhousie University |
Turning the tide for Atlantic Whitefish and Inner Bay of Fundy Atlanticsalmon in Nova Scotia |
$840,269.00 |
Habitat Stewardship Program for Aquatic Species at Risk
PEI Watershed Alliance Inc. |
Habitat Improvement and Strategic Planning for Atlantic Salmon Conservation on PEI |
$100,000.00 |
Cheticamp River Salmon Association |
Targeted habitat restoration work in Cheticamp River watershed & restoration plan development for Fiset Brook |
$42,500.00 |
Clean Annapolis River Project |
In-stream restoration and enhancement for at-risk Atlantic salmon in the Annapolis and Cornwallis River watersheds |
$189,823.00 |
Canadian Council on Invasive Species-Nova Scotia |
Risk assessment and monitoring for Zebra and Quagga mussel invasion and other AIS – Protecting species at risk in Nova Scotia |
$181,529.00 |
The Confederacy of Mainland Mi’kmaq |
Habitat restoration and monitoring for species at risk within the Stewiacke Watershed |
$126,229.00 |
Bluenose Coastal Action Foundation |
Recovery of Endangered Whitefish and Southern Upland Atlantic Salmon in Nova Scotia |
$202,500.00 |
Indigenous Habitat Participation Program
Qalipu First Nation |
Salmonid Spawning Habitat and Angler Effort in Central and Western Newfoundland |
$50,707.00 |
Bilijk First Nation |
Bilijk Fish Habitat Management Program |
$181,547.00 |
Miawpukek First Nation |
Miawpukek Plamu (Atlantic salmon) Monitoring |
$58,367.00 |
North Shore Mi’kmaq Tribal Council |
Miramichi Cold Water Enhancement Climate Change Resiliency Program |
$92,830.00 |
Pourvoirie Hipou (founded by Conseil de la Première Nation des Innus de Nutashkuan) |
Integrated management of aquatic habitats on the Natashquan River: Capacity building and collaboration for salmon conservation |
$304,020.00 |
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