Smallmouth Bass

• New Brunswick group drops attempt to eradicate invasive fish in Miramichi watershed

  A controversial program to use a pesticide to get rid of invasive smallmouth bass in New Brunswick's Miramichi watershed is being abandoned.

  Canada

  Sep 29, 2023
  
• Signs of early success after pesticide used against invasive species in N.S. lake

  The pesticide was released to rid a 52-hectare lake in eastern Nova Scotia of invasive smallmouth bass that threatened the native brook trout in nearby rivers.

  Canada

  Aug 24, 2023
  
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• Pesticide used in attempt to eradicate invasive fish species in Nova Scotia lake

  The eradication project follows another at Piper Lake in the province's Pictou County that was carried out in October 2020.

  Environment

  Sep 13, 2022
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• First phase complete in eradication of smallmouth bass from Miramichi waters: group

  The Working Group on Smallmouth Bass Eradication says the chemical rotenone was used last Thursday to kill the fish in a Miramichi lake and river.

  Environment

  Sep 12, 2022
• New Brunswick cottagers withdraw legal bid to stop eradication of smallmouth bass

  A New Brunswick group seeking to eradicate the invasive smallmouth bass population from the Miramichi watershed says a legal bid to stop their work has been withdrawn.

  Canada

  Aug 18, 2022
• New Brunswick cottagers get court order blocking fish eradication in Miramichi area

  A controversial plan to use a pesticide to get rid of invasive smallmouth bass in New Brunswick's Miramichi watershed is now on legal hold.

  Canada

  Aug 10, 2022
• New Brunswick group to proceed with invasive fish eradication in Miramichi area

  An environmental group says it has until September to eradicate smallmouth bass from New Brunswick's Miramichi watershed, after its operation was put on hold last September.

  Canada

  Aug 8, 2022
• Parks Canada looks at spearfishing as a way to evict invasive species from Clear Lake

  The spearfishing research is part of an effort to clear out an invasive species, the smallmouth bass, which isn't usually found in Manitoba.

  Environment

  Jul 15, 2022
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• Plan to kill invasive fish in New Brunswick watershed delayed until next year

  Over 120 people and supplies were in place for the operation in mid-August, but protesters in canoes refused to leave the area.

  Environment

  Sep 22, 2021
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• Cottagers want Miramichi Lake smallmouth bass eradication approval rescinded

  A group of cottage owners on Miramichi Lake have asked the Department of Fisheries and Oceans to rescind its approval of a plan to eradicate smallmouth bass from the lake.

  Environment

  Aug 24, 2021