Another dry day with decent water levels almost everywhere. Must be a fish or two today otherwise things starting to look pretty bleak.!!   Atlantic Salmon Federation News   Wednesday, Mar. 12, 2014

Good News on Land-based Salmon ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Two stories in the past week show land-based salmon farming reaching commercial status. The first is a radio interview, the second an item from a seafood distributor. Interview on Sustainable Blue http://asf.ca/interview-on-sustainable-blue-land-based-salmon-farm.html Land-raised Salmon available in Washington/Maryland area for limited time http://asf.ca/land-raised-salmon-available-in-washington-dc-area.html Good News from Maine ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A Machias Woman has donated 10 Acres to the Downeast Salmon Federation to support their operations. http://asf.ca/machias-woman-donates-10-acres-to-dsf.html Some Difficult News from Nova Scotia ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ An excellent piece describes point by point how DFO destroyed the Mersey Hatchery that held such promise for assisting Atlantic salmon restoration. http://asf.ca/anatomy-of-mersey-hatchery-destruction.html Setting the Record Straight in NL ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ASF's Sue Scott points out Ward Samson's many inaccuracies in his letter to editor of The Western Star, Newfoundland http://asf.ca/on-being-accountable-regarding-asf-policies.html When the Sea is Rough, Farmed Salmon Escape ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Both in Scotland and Ireland there are stories about many thousands of farmed salmon escaping, to pose a threat to wild salmon runs. 155,000 escape in the Shetlands http://asf.ca/155-000-salmon-escape-in-shetlands.html Salmon Farm Wiped Out in Bantry Bay, Ireland? http://asf.ca/salmon-farm-wipe-out-in-bantry-bay-.html Sea Lice Conference to be held in Maine ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ASF has had first notice of a conference scheduled for Portland in late August focused on sea lice, both in the industry, and in the impact on wild fish. Read more. http://asf.ca/sea-lice-conference-to-be-held-in-maine.html