Atelier pour les pêcheurs de maskinongé du fleuve Saint-Laurent

Briefing & Consultation Session March 12, 2022, 9.00 -11.00 am Organized by Muskies Canada. If you love fishing Muskies on the Upper St. Lawrence, dont miss this workshop. It’s for both Canadian and American anglers. Hear the Latest: Dr. John Farrell (Thousand Islands Biological Station) will give a presentation on latest issues and status of […]

Quels sont les impacts écologiques de l'abaissement des niveaux d'eau en hiver sur le maskinongé dans le canal Rideau historique du Canada ? Exploration de la connectivité hivernale et de l'utilisation de l'habitat pour éclairer les stratégies de conservation

Jordanna N. Bergman, PhD Candidate | Department of Biology, Carleton University The Rideau Canal Waterway, located in eastern Ontario, is a 202-kilometres continuous route that forms a hydrological connection between the Ottawa River, at Canada’s capital city of Ottawa, and Lake Ontario, at the city of Kingston. Constructed 1826 to 1832, the system was originally […]

Génétique des populations de maskinongés du fleuve Saint-Laurent, de ses principaux affluents et des lacs intérieurs du Québec

Quentin Rougemont1, Anne Carrier2, Jeremy Le-luyer3, Anne-Laure Ferchaud1, John M. Farrell4, Daniel Hatin5, Philippe Brodeur6, Louis Bernatchez1 1Département de biologie, Institut de biologie intégrative et des systèmes (IBIS), Université Laval, G1V 0A6, Québec, Canada2Département de techniques du milieu naturel, Centre d’études collégiales à Chibougamau, Cégep de Saint-Félicien, Chibougamau, G8P 2E9, Canada3IFREMER, Unité Ressources Marines en […]

Identification des habitats essentiels du maskinongé au lac Saint-Pierre

Introduction Ce projet s'inscrit dans une démarche entreprise depuis 2010 par le ministère de la Faune et des Parcs (MFFP) et ses nombreux partenaires afin de mettre à jour les connaissances sur le maskinongé québécois et d'en optimiser la gestion. Afin de mesurer l'état actuel de la pêche sportive au maskinongé dans le fleuve Saint-Laurent et le lac des Deux-Montagnes, [...]

Les maskinongés du Québec : deux siècles d'histoire de pêche et de gestion

Anne Carrier ¹ ², Philippe Brodeur³, Daniel Hatin⁴ and Louis Bernatchez¹¹Département de biologie, Institut de Biologie Intégrative et des Systèmes (IBIS), Université Laval, G1V 0A6, Québec, Canada²Département de Techniques du milieu naturel, Centre d’études collégiales à Chibougamau, Cégep de Saint-Félicien, Chibougamau, G8P 2E9, Canada³Ministère des Forêts, de la Faune et des Parcs, Direction de la […]

2017 Lake Simcoe Muskie Restoration Program

The following weekly updates were sent to Muskies Canada and Orillia Fish and Game Club reps as well as some key MNRF staff, each week during the five week trapnetting program. Periodically additional information was provided (and included in the updates) by hatchery staff after the trapnetting and our egg collections efforts were finished. Thank […]

Rideau River Muskie Study

Read/download the full thesis  by clicking the link below (PDF – 552 KB) Comparative spatial ecology of sympatric adult muskellunge and northern pike during a one-year period in an urban reach of the Rideau River, Canada Abstract: The reach of the Rideau River that flows through Ottawa, Ontario supports a recreational fishery for northern pike […]

Egg Collection – Week 7 Update

Week Seven Update: (June 6-10) Wil Wegman <°))))>< Resource Management Technician Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry Aurora District- 905-713-7730 The first full week of no trap netting on Gloucester Pool in search of muskies for an egg collection is now behind us and crews from Midhurst and Aurora went back to their busy […]

Egg Collection – Week 6

Week Six Update: (May 22-May 27) Wil Wegman <°))))>< Resource Management Technician Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry Aurora District- 905-713-7730   Hi Everyone, Another whirl-wind week on the wild and wonderful trapnetting circuit for the wily egg collection crew on G Pool. It began on the beautiful Sunday morning of the Victoria Day […]

Egg Collection – Week 5

Wil Wegman <°))))>< Resource Management Technician Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry Aurora District- 905-713-7730 May 20, 2016 Week Five Update: Hi Everyone, A very rainy day one began early Saturday May 14, when MNRF staff Kate, Brent and Wil checked the nets to fish the by-catch. Not wanting to lose the opportunity to […]