Atlantic Salmon Federation News   Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2014 Final Call on Survey of Atlantic Salmon Journal readers ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Remember there are prizes to be won for filling out the ASF membership and readership survey that ends on Feb. 15. Take the time to fill out the survey, and help us better understand your interests. Prize Draw will be Mar. 3. http://asf.ca/asf-survey-with-prizes.html ASF Hosting International Closed-containment Conference ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Coverage of the upcoming conference bringing together scientists and members of the industry at the end of April. http://asf.ca/asf-to-host-international-conference-on-land-based-aquacult.html Give Locals a Chance with NS's Mersey Hatchery ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A Halifax Editorial strongly supports the federal government signing control of the Mersey Hatchery over to a local organization  instead of shutting it down. Read more. http://asf.ca/give-locals-a-chance-with-mersey-hatchery.html PEI Irrigation Wells Remain Contentious ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The potato industry is asking for increases in water to support expanded irrigation, although this could affect river levels, water tables, and drinking water quality. Read more. http://asf.ca/pei-irrigation-wells-remain-contentious.html Wild Salmon Starving at Sea? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A fascinating article from Scotland looks at the continued high mortality of salmon at sea in light of climate change. The author is a professor from the University of St. Andrews, Scotland. http://asf.ca/wild-salmon-starve-at-sea-as-ocean-warms.html ME Moves to Benefit Lobsters by Banning Chemicals ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A bill has been introduced to the Maine legislature to ban use of two chemicals known to impact lobsters. Read more. http://asf.ca/pesticide-ban-proposed-to-help-lobsters.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To keep track of breaking news on wild Atlantic salmon, use the Atlantic Salmon Federation's presence on Facebook. Log in, search for Atlantic Salmon Federation, and click "like". ASF's Webworks is an updating service on the world of the wild Atlantic salmon. If you wish to be added or removed from the list, see below.

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