N.B. news: Atlantic salmon release held at river [Video]

Dozens gathered along the bank of the Pollet River in Elgin, N.B., on Friday for a spiritual ceremony and a significant event.

Amlamgog (Fort Folly) First Nation leaders and elders, and the Fundy Salmon Recovery team, have worked together for years to re-establish the salmon population in the Petitcodiac watershed.

Amlamgog Mi’gmaq cultural coordinator Nicole Porter said the partnership with numerous government, private and academic organizations is an effort to bring the Atlantic salmon from the inner Bay of Fundy back to the Petitcodiac watershed.

“We’ve been doing this for over 20 years and we’re starting to see improvements every time that we do adult salmon release in here,” said Porter. “As Mi’gmaq, we have a strong relationship to the salmon, to the water, to Mother Earth and our plants and the trees so we want to honour and respect those.”

This year will see the largest number of endangered Atlantic salmon released by the …