Unplugging Canada’s worst river

Moncton’s fish are in luck
PATRICIA TREBLE | August 27, 2007 |
When Roly MacIntyre moved to Moncton, N.B., in 1965, the Petitcodiac River was a great place for salmon fishing. But the salmon, shad, tomcod and most other species are gone from what is now Canada’s most endangered river. The problem is a 40-year-old causeway linking Moncton with suburban Riverview. Twice a day, tides from the Bay of Fundy push up the Petitcodiac, reversing the waterway’s flow. But virtually all the sediment and the fish are stopped when the tidal bore reaches the causeway. Only a small meandering channel is left to cut through the sprawling mud flats — which can be rather odorous in the summer — that block 92 per cent of the river’s width near the causeway.

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Ocean Sciences Centre

The Ocean Sciences Centre is a cold ocean research facility operated in conjunction with Memorial University of Newfoundland. Located in Logy Bay, NF, the Centre houses laboratories where research is conducted on the North Atlantic fishery, aquaculture, oceanography, ecology, behaviour and physiology. Research is conducted on organisms ranging from bacteria to seals.

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Food for Life

Gift of the Sun
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The Saskatchewan Organic Directorate is an umbrella organization that unites the province’s producers, processors, buyers, traders, certifiers and consumers of certified organic food and fibre.

It is incorporated as a non-profit membership organization. SOD’s mission statement is “To champion the development of organic agriculture in a democratic manner” and the Vision Statement is “Food for Life”.

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