In 1997, the Department of Fisheries and Oceans transferred the hatchery and the responsibility for
stocking salmon in the Miramichi River to the local community through the Miramichi Watershed Management Committee. This umbrella
organization is made up of several conservation groups, corporations, outfitters and guiding associations from the region.
The Miramichi Salmon Association, a non-profit conservation organization established in 1953 to lobby for the conservation
of the Atlantic salmon for future generations, operates the MSCC on behalf of the Committee.
The
Miramichi Salmon Association has completed a major renovation in 2005 to transform the facility into a major center for
Atlantic salmon research (not all new pictures are shown). The priority of the Miramichi Salmon Conservation Centre
is research, while continuing to enhance salmon populations to sustain optimum juvenile salmon stocks in the
Miramichi watershed. Beyond that, the MSCC raises indigenous brook trout enhancement stocks under contract with the
Province of New Brunswick and plays a role in educating the public on Atlantic salmon conservation.
