Atlantic Fisheries Research Document 1996/084
Status of Atlantic salmon in Salmon Fishing Area 15, New Brunswick, 1995
By A. Locke; F. Mobray; R. Pickard; A. Madden
Abstract
This document summarizes data on spawning escapement targets, harvests, surveys of abundance, and hatchery stocking of Atlantic salmon in rivers of Salmon Fishing Area (SFA) 15, northeastern New Brunswick. Major rivers in this SFA include the Restigouche and Nepisiguit. Angling and First Nations catches in the Québec portion of the Restigouche watershed, which is not part of SFA 15, are not included in this document.
Angling catch statistics for bright salmon were available only for the Restigouche system, Nepisiguit and Jacquet rivers. Retained landings of small bright salmon on these systems were 59% lower that the 1990-1994 mean. First Nations landings of 246 large and 152 small salmon represent a decrease of 36% for large salmon and an increase of 49% for small salmon, compared to the 5 - year means.
Spawning targets were not met in the Nepisiguit and Restigouche rivers and were probably not met in the Big Tracadie. The Jacquet River exceeded its spawning target by 53%.
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