ATLANTIC SALMON ANGLERS - Your Views on Catch and Release are Important!

The Atlantic Salmon Federation (ASF) would appreciate your feedback on catch and release (also known as live release) of wild Atlantic salmon to guide our education, public awareness and advocacy programs.  (Live release is the practice of safely releasing angled fish, so that they can go on to spawn and in many cases repeat their migrations).

All responses that provide a name and contact information will be put into a draw for a signed, custom-framed limited-edition  ASF print, Restigouche Evening, by noted NB artist Bruno Bobak. (Value $375).   Whether anonymous or not, your opinion is important.

You can fill this form out right on this site - click here - or you can download it as a .pdf document, and either rescan it and send to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or fax it to 506-529-4438

Please help by answering the questionnaire on this site and submit them by April 15, 2010.

Link here to fill out the LIVE RELEASE SURVEY

Status of the Salmon Populations

The International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) reports that wild Atlantic salmon and grilse abundance in North America fell from 1.8 million in 1975 to 625,000 in 2008.  (Grilse are mature fish that spend only one year at sea before returning to their natal rivers to spawn.  Grilse can be male or female.  The ratio of males to females depends on the genetic makeup of specific river salmon populations.  Of the 625,000 salmon and grilse that returned in 2008, there were at least 2.5 times as many grilse as large salmon). However, grilse abundance declined precipitously in most rivers in 2009.