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Est. in 1948. Wild salmon, wild rivers.

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Atlantic salmon are being found is some strange places, including rivers of the Arctic. But is it good news?
Listen to Episode four of the Saving Salmon Podcast: https://t.co/Je9I1iZHDG

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🎧 Have you listened to Episode 3 of the Saving Salmon Podcast yet? New episodes drop every Friday and can be found wherever you listen to podcasts. But they can all be found on the https://t.co/eU8LqlmbLK website.

Episode 3: https://t.co/gFm9rybQ7w

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Since the 1970s, wild Atlantic salmon populations have declined by 80%.

A key driver of this decline: sea-cage salmon farming.

For the full story on sea-cage salmon farming and its impacts on wild Atlantic salmon, visit https://t.co/tJTa4vvvBY

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Salmon in the Sandy River, a tributary of the Kennebec. Returns have been good across the Atlantic salmon range this year, and this week’s final Rivernotes ends with end-of-season summaries from Labrador to Maine.

https://t.co/FY65NeVisq

📸: David Brown

#Atlanticsalmon

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🍂🚗🌞 With the weekend around the corner we’re wondering, is there anything better than a crisp autumn drive, while listening to your favourite podcast? Well, you’re in luck! Episode two of the Saving Salmon podcast is out now.

Find it at https://t.co/0w5MkT30Ph

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Five Scottish students Spey-cast on the Cains River as the sun set on the final day of the 2026 salmon angling season.

Find lots of great end-of-season submission in this week’s Rivernotes. It’s out now!

https://t.co/c50WdNaMRQ

#AtlanticSalmon #salmosalar #WatershedMovement

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👀 Keep an eye out for episode 2 of season 2 of the Saving Salmon podcast. It comes out tomorrow!

Have you listened to the first episode yet? 🎙️🎧

If not, now’s your chance to catch up: https://t.co/eU8LqlmbLK

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What are your plans for the weekend? Might we suggest listening to the first episode of the Saving Salmon Podcast? I just came out yesterday!

Listen at https://t.co/eU8LqlmbLK or wherever you get your podcasts.

#WatershedMovement #salmon #atlanticsalmon #salmosalar

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Big day today! Salmon angling is wrapping up on the Miramichi, the first episode of the “Saving Salmon” podcast just dropped, and it’s Rivernotes day!

https://t.co/GIbDmk2TZm

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We’ve been keeping a secret… 🎙️

Award-winning journalist Bob Keating and ASF Director of Communications & Publications Kristen Noel have joined forces again for Season 2 of the Saving Salmon Podcast!

🚨 Launching TOMORROW! 🚨

Find it at https://t.co/eU8LqllDWc

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The Fédération québécoise pour le saumon atlantique recently held its mentorship weekend. It’s a busy time for community events in the salmon world. Read about some past and upcoming ones in this week’s Rivernotes!

https://t.co/yvp0zh6WtX

#atlanticsalmon #watershedmovement

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Electrofishing on the Nepisiguit River as the 2026 field work season comes to an end. Check out this week’s Rivernotes for reports from our research teams, successful anglers, and updates on exciting projects that ASF is involved with.
https://t.co/R9MQ8WCZeL
#AtlanticSalmon

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ASF’s, Jon Carr snorkelling in a Greenland river as part of work that concluded this week. Read Jon’s first-hand report in this week’s Rivernotes, as well as encouraging news from many north American rivers. https://t.co/iysAPxbMKA

#AtlanticSalmon #salmosalar #WatershedMovement

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Christopher Minkoff fishing La Grande Riviere at the beginning of September.  Find several angling reports, great photo submissions, field work updates, and more in this week’s Rivernotes!  https://t.co/GPRViEasaV

#atlanticsalmon #wildsalmon #asf

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Here is a first look at the cover of the upcoming Autumn issue of the Atlantic Salmon Journal! 🍂

Stay tuned for this beautiful autumn issue... You won’t want to miss it!

Subscribe to the ASJ by becoming a member at the link in our bio: https://t.co/xzlbRu8erz

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These farms produce Atlantic salmon at an accelerated pace, but their harvest comes at a steep price.

The question is not whether salmon is farmed, it is what people are not being told about how it is produced.

Get evidence-based answers: https://t.co/IJ5lDPPHRZ.

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99% of Atlantic salmon consumed globally is farmed in sea cages.

This includes salmon at high-end restaurants and specialty markets.

To keep up with demand, the industry has expanded rapidly, placing hundreds of industrial salmon farms in coastal waters.

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Happy Rivernotes day! 🐟

Get it here: https://t.co/VUobaTYqjS

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👋 Meet the Team!

Meet Dr. Valérie Ouellet, ASF’s Vice President of Research & Environment!

Her favourite part of the job? Turning science into action.

Check out her card to learn more about Val! 👇

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Check out Ken and Gene Arestsky soaking up a father and son moment on the Flowers River in Labrador.

Learn more about this northern adventure and hear about Gene’s very first Atlantic salmon in this week’s Rivernotes: https://t.co/MffKusa7ly