Every Fish Matters!
UINR, with partners, Atlantic Salmon Federation and Margaree Salmon Association, are working together on an educational project to identify salmon smolt, parr and brook trout and ways to protect their population and habitat. Signs are being posted along salmon rivers throughout Unama’ki. To see the difference between salmon and trout and what you can do...
Eel Video Day 10-Winter Eeling
It’s time for today’s eel video– Winter Eeling. You can watch it here. This video shows how eel are traditionally speared during the winter. Eel fishers Kerry Prosper and John Sylliboy explain everything about winter fishing from digging through the ice to how to spear. UINR researcher Shelley Denny looks at some of the traditions...
Eel Video Day 9–Summer Eeling
It’s time for today’s eel video– SUMMER EELING. You can watch it here. This video looks at how eels are speared in summer. Mi’kmaq fishers Tracey Googoo, Charlie Joe, Kerry Prosper and John Sylliboy talk about summer fishing and why the tradition is so important. UINR’s Angela Denny, Lorraine Marshall and Shelley Denny talk about...
Public Notice to Boaters Using Middle River
UINR wishes to inform the public to exercise caution when using the Middle River for recreational boating purposes between April 20 and June 30, 2013. UINR will be installing a Rotary Screw Trap (smolt wheel) on Middle River at approximately 46° 05’ 49.8N, 60° 55’ 18.8W to catch Atlantic salmon smolts to estimate their...
Eel Video Day 7–Commercial Eeling
It’s time for today’s eel video– COMMERCIAL EELING. You can watch it here. The commercial fishing of eel is a controversial topic to say the least. UINR’s John Couture joins Kerry Prosper, Winston Bernard, Charlie Joe Malikewe’j, Albert Marshall, and John Sylliboy in a discussion about the commercial eel fishery from several perspectives. They look...
Eel Video Day 6-Enjoying Eel
It’s time for today’s eel video– ENJOYING EEL. You can watch it here. There’s a reason why eel is so popular in Mi’kmaq circles –it’s delicious! Albert Marshall, Kerry Prosper, Charlie Joe Malikewe’j, John Sylliboy, Joe Googoo and Lorraine Marshall cook up an eel feast and share their secret recipes! Every day for ten days...
Eel Video Day 1-Eel Habitat
UINR is releasing a series of ten short videos on the American eel. Every day, for the next ten days, UINR will release a new video and post its link here, on our Facebook page–UINRpage and on Twitter @UINR. Today’s eel video is EEL HABITAT–Where they live and all about eel lifestyle is the theme. Shelley...
Everything You Wanted to Know About Eels…
UINR is releasing a series of ten short videos on the American eel. Together, the series tells everything we know about the American eel in Cape Breton. Produced in cooperation with Parks Canada,scientists from UINR, Parks Canada and Cape Breton University, fishers, cooks and Elders from around Cape Breton tell stories of the eel’s fascinating...
How old is that salmon??
Staff from UINR, Eskasoni Fish & Wildlife Commission and Potlotek Guardians were at hand at a workshop, hosted by UINR, to age salmon by examining their scales. Fred Whoriskey, Executive Director of the Ocean Tracking Network, provided the background of his organization’s activities in the Bras d’Or Lakes and throughout Nova Scotia. He explained some...
Training for CAPTAINS and FIRST MATES
Training for CAPTAINS and FIRST MATES on the identification, handling and release of marine animals considered species-at-risk such as marine mammals, sharks, wolffish and sea turtles. Presentations will be given by the Canadian Sea Turtle Network, Marine Animal Response Society and the World Wildlife Fund. MEMBERTOU and POTLOTEK–Membertou Trade and Convention Centre, Tuesday February...
Can salmon climb trees?
At first glance it might be difficult to see the connection between salmon and trees, but a project by Unama’ki Institute of Natural Resources–UINR, and Cape Breton Collaborative Salmon Initiative–CSI Cape Breton, hopes to change that. The partners are working on a cooperative salmon habitat restoration project that will see 2000 trees planted along the...
UINR is Looking for Scientific Data on the SALMON Harvest
Data collection kits and information on how to collect the salmon’s length, origin (hatchery or wild), and scale samples for age can be picked up at your Guardian office. This will help us tell the salmon’s age, its age when it migrated to sea, how long it stayed there, and spawning information. Please contact your...