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logo 11/25/2024 12:49:39 AM     
Miramichi fish-eradication project paused for 2nd year 
By Hadeel Ibrahim CA Source: CBC News 9/20/2022
Hadeel Ibrahim
Credit: Nova Scotia Fisheries and Aquaculture
Next phase will not go ahead this year after opponent asks judge to put stop to project
A group trying to kill smallmouth bass in Miramichi Lake has agreed to stop more applications of a rotenone-bearing pesticide and pause the eradication project until next year.

This marks the second year the project has been delayed after opposition from Indigenous women and local cottage owners.
 

A consent order filed in Woodstock Court of King's Bench says the North Shore Micmac District Council has agreed not to apply any more Noxfish II, a pesticide containing rotenone, this year.

The eradication project is led by the council and a coalition of six other salmon conservation and wildlife protection organizations, including the Atlantic Salmon Federation. Together, they're called the Working Group on Smallmouth Bass Eradication.

 
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