No wild Atlantic salmon found in N.B. river, conservation group says
ST. ANDREWS, N.B. — Not a single wild Atlantic salmon was found in a New Brunswick river that was once home to a healthy population of the species, alarming conservationists who link their disappearance to the proliferation of aquaculture sites in the area.
The Atlantic Salmon Federation said in a new report released Thursday that for the first time since it began monitoring the Magaguadavic River fish ladder in 1992, no wild salmon had returned from the sea.
“Really this run is now extinct in this particular river,” said Jonathan Carr, the group’s executive director of research.
He said the bleak finding signals a “rapid drop” in the population