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Since 1953, the MSA and its members have directed their capabilities and their funds to the protection of the entire
Miramichi River system.
For over 50 years, the MSA has watched over the Miramichi as a champion of conservation on behalf of anglers, outfitters,
guides and all others with economic, environmental and recreational interests in the river.
Managed by volunteers from both Canada and the USA, as officers and directors, the MSA remains cooperative
with, but independent of, government or special interests influence. It responds in the end only to its growing conservation
membership.
The net result is a well-managed river system that today, thanks in part to the MSA's championing of
its cause, has more miles of salmon angling water and holds larger and healthier populations of Atlantic salmon than any other
river in North America.
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COMING
EVENTS
Boston Conservation Dinner Saturday, January 31st, 2009 Burlington Marriott Hotel
MSA Calendar Order your 2009/10 MSA calendar online. It will make a great Christmas gift for your family or business associates.
CONGRATULATIONS!
Herb Shephard of Fredericton,
winner of rod, reel, fly box and flies raffle
drawn November 2, 2008
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Mission Statement
Management actions to optimize the populations
of juvenile
salmon stocks in the Miramichi River.
A MIRAMICHI MESSAGE
As the great salmon rivers of North America grow ever more barren and their salmon resources
ever more fagile, the Miramichi watershed remains the most productive of them all.
Currently, almost
one-third of all two-sea-winter Atlantic Salmon migrating to North American rivers were spawned in the
Miramichi system. Truly, this river is a world treasure.
Our challenge as anglers and conservationists
who love the Miramichi is
to keep this wonderful river alive and well.
Times of great change
are upon us. No longer, for example, can governments alone be expected to meet the salmon protection challenge; no longer
can available salmon waters sustian the increased fishing demand; no longer can the MSA depend on only a few champions to
fulfill its conservation mission.
To the contrary, the mandate for effective salmon management
now falls upon us all. That is why we encourage you to join our ranks, and to participate fully in our conservation cause.
The Miramichi enriches all our lives. Let us contribute generously to it in
return. Please pledge your membership
to the MSA in the years to come, and give your support to its programs and purposes.
Sincerly,
J.W. Bud Bird, Chairman Emeritus
MSA Board of Directors
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CHALLENGES / RESPONSIBILITIES
As government financial restraint becomes ever more a reality, there are constantly new pressures to reduce public conservation
and enhancement measures in the area of natural resources, as in other sectors. For example, the Department of Fisheries and
Oceans announced that it was divesting its Salmon Enhancement Centre at South Esk on the Miramichi by Sept 30, 1997. Within
two weeks of that date, the MSA with its watershed management partners responded to the challenge. A new company, Miramichi
Fisheries Management Ltd., was formed with 50% ownership by MSA (now 100%) to help sustain the long term future operations
of this hatchery.
Similarly, there are other recurring government restraint proposals to eliminate proven conservation measures, such
as salmon tagging and barrier protection pools, and reductions to enforcemnet staff. With the public advocacy always one of
its most important roles, on behalf of the Miramichi River and the Atlantic salmon, the MSA has taken strong stands in opposition
to such cut-backs. There comes a time when it is simply unacceptable to risk the cancellation of such vital conservation insurance
programs on some of our most valued treasures.
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