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Feds approve Sisson mine proposal to dump waste in Atlantic salmon habitat

The federal government has approved a multi-million proposal by the Sisson Partnership to dump mine waste into two fish-bearing brooks that feed the Nashwaak River. The proposed Sisson mine was approved by the provincial government in 2015 but needs 40 conditions to be met before moving forward. The mine, owned by Northcliff Resources and […]

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Feds approve plan to dump Sisson Mine waste into Atlantic salmon habitat

CCNB Blog, Media Releases / Kaleigh Holder

The Conservation Council of New Brunswick has been a vocal opponent to the Sisson Mine Project as it is currently designed, and we are on the record pointing out its flaws — including inadequate tailings storage and the impact on Atlantic salmon, brook trout, slimy sculpin, and American eel in the lower Wolastoq (St. John) River watershed. To hold back mine waste, the owners say they would need to build a tailings dam twice the height and 16-times the length of the Mactaquac dam.

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Passage of Bill C-68 ushers in wave of new protections for fish, and for the rivers, lakes and oceans they call home

Media Releases / Jon MacNeill

After almost four years of consultation and parliamentary process, environmental protections for fish and their habitat have finally been restored as a requirement under the law. Bill C-68 reached the last milestone with Senate’s approval on June 18.

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Canada is once again a world leader in fisheries management and protection

CCNB Blog, Freshwater Protection, Fundy Baykeeper, Marine Conservation / Joe Tunney

The Conservation Council of New Brunswick celebrates and applauds the successful efforts to improve how our fisheries and oceans are managed with the passage of the new Fisheries Act today.
With long-awaited changes to the Act now passed into law, the country is once again a world leader in fisheries management and ocean protection.

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Genetically-modified Atlantic salmon will not save the planet

CCNB Blog, Marine Conservation / Lois Corbett

On April 2, 2019, Catherine McKenna, the federal Minister of Environment and Climate Change approved the production of genetically-modified Atlantic salmon by AquaBounty Technologies at Roll Bay in Prince Edward Island. This may represent the first genetically modified animal for human consumption anywhere in the world. The new fish includes genes from Pacific Chinook salmon

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Send your letter to protect the Nashwaak Watershed from Sisson mine waste

CCNB Blog, Climate and Energy, Community, Forest Conservation, Freshwater Protection, Webinars & Events / Corey Robichaud

[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/6″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_single_image image=”141015″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center”][vc_column_text] New Brunswickers have one final opportunity to tell the federal government to keep fish-bearing brooks off the list for the proposed Sisson Mine’s waste dam. The companies behind the proposed mine are in the final stages of applying for permission to dump mining waste into portions of Bird Brook and

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EcoNews — Call to action on Sisson Mine, Premier at the pro-pipeline rally, Fundy Baykeeper on aquaculture reform, and Drive Electric NB’s happy problem

CCNB Blog, Climate and Energy, Climate and Jobs, Community, EcoNews, Fundy Baykeeper, Marine Conservation / Corey Robichaud

In this edition of EcoNews, we encourage you to use our letter-writing tool to have your say on the Sisson Mine’s plan to use fish-bearing brooks in the Nashwaak Watershed for part of its waste tailings as the federal government takes final comments from the public; we bring you our Fundy Baykeeper’s preliminary recommendations as

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Fundy Baykeeper says N.B. aquaculture industry needs better regulation, robust oversight

CCNB Blog, Fundy Baykeeper, Marine Conservation / Jon MacNeill

Our Fundy Baykeeper says the history of illegal activity in New Brunswick’s aquaculture industry should be addressed by improved regulations and robust enforcement oversight as the provincial government considers changes to the Aquaculture Act. Matt Abbott submitted preliminary comments on aquaculture reform on behalf of the Conservation Council’s Fundy Baykeeper program to the provincial government

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Conservation Council, First Nations, scientists, business owners and Nashwaak residents unite to protect watershed from proposed mine’s waste

CCNB in the News / Jon MacNeill

The Conservation Council joined with First Nation representatives, aquatic scientists, local businesspeople and residents of the Nashwaak Watershed at a press conference about the proposed Sisson Mine near Stanley on Feb. 27. Our Executive Director, Lois Corbett, told Global New Brunswick that the coalition is calling on the federal government to keep fish-bearing brooks off

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Send your letter to protect the Nashwaak Watershed from Sisson mine waste

Webinars & Events, Feature, CCNB Blog, Climate and Energy, Community, Forest Conservation, Freshwater Protection / Corey Robichaud

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