UINR is Asking for Your Cooperation. If you catch a tagged salmon during the fall harvest, please report it to us. If possible, please release any tagged fish and report the tag number. If you keep a tagged fish, please report it and return the tag to UINR or a guardian. You can also … Read More
As part of the Louisbourg300 celebrations, Parks Canada and Unama’ki Institute of Natural Resources are pleased to share a remarkable Mi’kmaq legend. Join us for some baked eel at the Membertou Heritage Park on Thursday, October 24 at 1:00 pm when we will officially launch a new video which retells the Mi’kmaq eel legend and … Read More
Lenita Dominique Denny, a 14 year old grade 8 student from Eskasoni, is the winner of the Fish-WIKS logo contest for the East Coast region. Her design, along with designs from three other regions across Canada, will form the Fish-WIKS logo. She was presented with a $500 award by UINR/Fish-WIKS Community Liaison Coordinator Tyson Paul, … Read More
UINR is proud to support this year’s Nikani Awtiken camp in St. Peter’s. If you were a Mi’kmaq teenager, what could be better than to spend a week this summer on the Bras d’Or Lakes? How about reconnecting with nature, learning all about natural resources and traditional Mi’kmaq values and practices? For the next week … Read More
On Wednesday July 10 UINR is hosting a meeting with salmon scientists and fishers to give an update on Atlantic Salmon populations. DFO will provide information on the current status of salmon populations in Cape Breton and mainland Nova Scotia. Two sessions will be held at Membertou Trade and Convention Centre, from 1–4 pm and … Read More
There’s a BIG weekend coming up for the community of Malikewe’j. On Friday and Saturday June 7 and 8, UINR will be hosting our annual Spring Cleaning and Community Ditch Clean-up. Help us help Malikewe’j by putting out large items that you want to have disposed of on the main road and Cemetery Road. Please … Read More
At the next Wagmatcook Lecture Series on Thursday June 6 we are presenting a series of ten short videos on eels and their importance in Mi’kmaq culture. The videos tell everything we know about the American eel in Cape Breton. UINR biologist Shelley Denny will be on hand with Mi’kmaq eel fishers Joe and Judy Googoo … Read More
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 … Read More
UINR, in partnership with Georgia Pacific and Port Hawkesbury Paper, has $15,000 in scholarships available to students in Cape Breton’s Mi’kmaq communities. Studies in Forestry, Science, Technology and Natural Resources are all eligible. Please download the applications here: Port Hawkesbury Paper and UINR Scholarship Fund (5) $1,000 Port Hawkesbury Paper and UINR Forestry Scholarship $5,000 … Read More
Welcome back Jason MacLean, UINR’s Assistant Forestry Manager. Jason graduated with honours as a Forest Technician from Maritime Forest Ranger School and also holds an honours certificate in Forest Resources. A graduate from Riverview High School, Jason has worked as a Forest Technician, chainsaw operator and labourer in Margaree, Ontario and British Columbia. Jason has also worked … Read More
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 … Read More
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 … Read More