Canadian Rivers Institute

The Atlantic Salmon Research Joint Venture is having its Annual General Meeting to discuss how to move forward with Atlantic salmon research in a collaborative way that addresses the current needs in the field. The CRI is happy to be part of this important collaboration.
Read more: www.asrjv.com

Join us on November 12th at 3:00pm AST for the Canadian Rivers Institute's 22nd H.B.N. Hynes Lecture. The Canadian Rivers Institute is honoured to announce Dr. Rebecca Tharme as this year's Hynes Lecturer.

Register here: bit.ly/3Wmd4Cw

CRI Students, tomorrow is the last day to apply for the 2025 H.B.N. Hynes Scholarship! Visit our website for details on how to apply.

canadianriversinstitute.com/student-scholarships

Happy Turkey Day 🦃 from your friends at CRI! 🍂
#CRI #Thanksgiving

Details about the 2025 H.B.N. Hynes Scholarship. Visit canadianriversinstitute.com/student-scholarships for more information.

📢 Scholarship Reminder! 📢

CRI PhD candidates, don't forget to apply for this year's H.B.N. Hynes Scholarship! Applications are due by October 17th.

Graphic congratulating Heather Perry on winning the 2025 Bud and Peggy Bird Scholarship

Photo of Heather on a rock in a river with fish tracking equipment

Picture from the Atlantic Salmon Conservation Day Ceremony, showing Dr. Tommi Linnansaari, Dr. Paul Mazerolle, Heather Perry, Bud Bird, and Dr. Jennifer Lento

Congratulations to UNB student Heather Perry, who was awarded the 2025 Bud and Peggy Bird Scholarship.

Heather is studying the different life stages of Atlantic salmon in the Miramichi river to evaluate the response to thermal stress and predation risk.

Congratulations, Heather!

Picture of the title page of the newly-published paper

📢 New paper alert! 📢

CRI researchers just published a new paper comparing reproductive success of supplemented and wild Atlantic Salmon. The findings can help us better understand how to optimize supplementation programs to increase populations of Atlantic Salmon.

doi.org/10.1093/najf...

On the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, and every other day, it is important to learn about Indigenous culture, listen, and reflect on the role we can play in reconciliation. We all have a responsibility to acknowledge the past and work towards a better future.

🐟 Spotlight on UNB ForEM and CRI graduate student Natalie Dupont, who wrote a new blog post for UNB: "Where do they go? The missing salmon of the Bay of Fundy" 🐟

👉 Read more here:
blogs.unb.ca/newsroom/202...

Save the Date! The 2025 Hynes Lecture and CRI Days are happening November 12-13!

📢 Scholarship Alert! 📢

The CRI is now accepting applications for the 2025 H.B.N. Hynes Scholarship. Applicants must indicate how their research supports the objectives of the CRI and the work of Noel Hynes.

Applications are due by October 17th. Visit our website for more information.

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📢 Reminder 📢

Only two weeks left to submit your application for the Bud and Peggy Bird Scholarship. This scholarship is available to UNB graduate students whose research is related to Atlantic Salmon. Head to our website for details!

📣 Scholarship Alert! 📣
The CRI is now accepting applications for the 2025 Bud and Peggy Bird Scholarship. This scholarship is open to graduate students at UNB who are directly engaged in research in support of wild Atlantic salmon conservation.
🔔 Applications are due by September 5th.

CRI Director Jen Lento took part in a workshop last week in Switzerland that included the IUCN GLOSAM task force and World Water Quality Alliance's Biodiversity and Biological Monitoring and Assessment Workstream. Tthey worked to develop globally-harmonized bioassessment protocols for invertebrates.

📢 PhD Opportunity! 📢
The Lennox lab at Dalhousie University is seeking a PhD student to work on tracking endangered Inner Bay of Fundy Atlantic Salmon. Check out the ad for more details!

Poor Upstream Passage for Endangered Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar) at a Trap‐and‐Transport Fishway in the Wolastoq/Saint John River, New Brunswick Declines of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) in the Wolastoq/Saint John River have largely coincided with hydropower development, and there is an urgent need to understand the status of bidirectional pa...

📣New research alert!📣
New research published by the CRI's Ryan Hill, Allen Curry, Tommi Linnansaari, and Philip Harrison looks at the effectiveness of upstream passage for Atlantic Salmon at the Mactaquac Generating Station in New Brunswick.
Read the full story here:
doi.org/10.1002/rra....

🐟 CRI Student Spotlight!

Meet Kerstyn Dobbs, a PhD candidate at UNB. Kerstyn is identifying fish species that mussels in the lower Wolastoq watershed rely on to complete their lifecycle, using innovative techniques to uncover these host relationships. This work is critical to mussel conservation.

The CRI wishes everyone a very happy Canada Day!

🚨 Help Track an Invasive Plant in New Brunswick Waters! 🚨

Curly-leaved pondweed (Potamogeton crispus) is an invasive aquatic plant with distinctive lasagna noodle-like leaves. We’re studying its distribution in NB.

🔍 Please help!
📸 If you see this plant or have it in your pond, please let us know

If you're in Fredericton, there is an exhibition on right now at the Charlotte Street Art Centre called, "The River's Story: Reflections of Life Along the Nashwaak River" featuring paintings by Terry Price. We love seeing personal experiences with the river represented in such a beautiful way!

Turn your Lake Visit into Lake Stewardship: Join the 2025 National Lake Blitz - Living Lakes Canada Living Lakes Canada makes lake stewardship easier than ever with the 5th annual National Lake Blitz! All are welcome to participate.

There's another ongoing blitz that could use your help! Registration is open for Living Lakes Canada's 2025 National Lake Blitz. Last year, there were 278 volunteers and 24,839 observations. Let's grow that number this year!

More information and registration at livinglakescanada.ca/2025/03/01/t...

Blitz the Gap 2025

Blitz the Gap is on now! This is a Canada-wide bioblitz through iNaturalist organized by the Quantitative Biodiversity Lab at McGill University. There are special challenges, including a freshwater challenge. Find out more at blitzthegap.org

The CRI joins with organizations across the country to raise the flag for Wild Salmon Day. This day highlights the importance of wild salmon and the need for conservation.
Visit wildsalmonday.com to learn more. #wildsalmonday

🎉May 22nd is the International Day for Biological Diversity! 🎉

It was proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly in 2001 and is intended to draw attention to the importance of biodiversity and the need to conserve it.

Visit www.cbd.int/biodiversity... to learn more. #BiodiversityDay

Registration for CRI Backpack Electrofishing training is open NOW! 🐟

Full courses available May 29, June 19, July 24, and August 14. Refresher courses (for previously certified) are available June 5 and July 10. 💦

Register now to secure your spot! www.canadianriversinstitute.com/electrofishing

Fieldwork season is here! 🐟💦
Alex Haynes MacDonald and Drew Saxon enjoyed a sunny first field day as summer students with the Linnansaari Lab. They worked on the beautiful Miramichi River, performing maintenance on the acoustic telemetry station receivers, used to track fish movements.

The decline in Atlantic salmon populations in the Miramichi River is a cause for concern.

The North Shore Mi’kmaq Tribal Council (NSMTC) has now developed a 5-year strategic plan in response to DFO's national salmon strategy.

Read the press release at nsmtc.ca/indigenous-l...

Dr. Joseph Culp, CRI Emeritus Fellow and the CRI's 21st Hynes Lecturer, was just selected as one of the 2025 Society for Freshwater Science Fellows! Congratulations on this well-deserved honour! Visit freshwater-science.org/awards-progr... to find out more.

Blitz the Gap is starting June 1st! This bioblitz through iNaturalist aims to fill data gaps across Canada. There's a freshwater challenge that needs your help. It's a great opportunity to take part in a fun event and add to freshwater data across the country! Find out more at blitzthegap.org

Make sure you and your team have the training you need to work safely and effectively this summer. Registration is open for backpack electrofishing courses and refresher courses . Follow the links on our website to register or send us an email to inquire about organizing a training session.