With the new season approaching  you hope to be lucky and catch that big one.

Believe that you can.  Click below and see those who now believe in miracles too although this is not fishery related.

http://www.utrend.tv/v/lucky-people/

Atlantic Salmon Federation News   Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014

Effort to Save Mersey Biodiversity Centre Fails ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Federal Government has bulldozed gravel into the tanks and ignored local efforts to save the Centre. It was an important resource in restoring critically endangered wild Atlantic salmon in Nova Scotia. Read more: http://www.asf.ca/effort-to-save-mersey-biodiversity-centre-fails.html Federal Government Failing to Preserve Environment ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Citing the most recent report of the Environment Commissioner, Liberal MP John McKay charges that government is not protecting our environment. Read more: http://www.asf.ca/liberal-mckay-letter-on-environment.html $15 Million for Recreational Fisheries Projects in Canadian Federal Budget ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The recent Budget includes an extra $15M to extend the Recreational Fisheries Conservation Partnership Program. Read more: http://www.asf.ca/conserving-recreational-fisheries.html Namgis Chief Attending ASF Land-based Aquaculture Conference ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Chief Cranmer will be a featured presenter, discussing the Namgis land-based aquaculture system and its success to date. Read more: http://www.asf.ca/namgis-chief-cranmer-to-talk-aquaculture.html Is "Big Salmon" Preventing Progress in Aquaculture? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A thought-provoking opinion piece asks whether smaller aquaculture operations involving species other than salmon are providing a better model for use of marine waters in Nova Scotia. Read more: http://www.asf.ca/is-big-salmon-preventing-progress-in-aquaculture.html Has Anything Changed in NS Aquaculture with the Switch of Government? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ An interesting view on whether changes will occur, and why. Read more: http://www.asf.ca/stewart-lamont-on-state-of-ns-aquaculture.html Escape of Farmed Salmon in Ireland ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Wild salmon conservation groups are demanding more information regarding cage destruction and salmon escapes in southern Ireland due to winter storms. http://www.asf.ca/calls-for-irish-fish-farm-escape.html