As a child fly fishing on New Brunswick's renowned Miramichi River, Nick Hawkins used to daydream about being able to peer under the tea-coloured water and see where the salmon were.
Salmon that escaped from aquaculture farms were caught at three sites around the Bay of Fundy and Gulf of Maine this year, including the Gaspereau River during broodstock collection for a critically endangered population.
Study seeks to solve mystery of where salmon go when they are out to sea
Indigenous knowledge and high-tech gadgets will help scientists learn more about where salmon go once they re far from shore.
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