In 1980 J. D. Irving, Limited, a forest products company, initiated a fisheries management program to monitor and conserve the fish inhabiting its woodlands & waterways.

When they are doing woods work or building woods roads, the Irving foresters protect trees and bushes along both banks of every woodland stream or body of water. These trees stabilize the stream’s banks so the earth will not wash down and harm the water channels used by fish.

J.D. Irving's forestry staff work hard to make the waterways better for fish habitat. The company’s fisheries biologists have many projects underway to assess the wild salmon and their habitats annually in its woodlands’ streams. They raise salmon from eggs to the fingerling stage and release them into these streams.

In 1996 Irving foresters partnered with the Atlantic Salmon Federation (ASF) to study Atlantic Salmon stocks in two of New Brunswick’s historic salmon rivers: Clearwater Brook and the Little Main Restigouche River. The Irving company now carries out specific research projects on these waters that will help international scientists learn more about salmon.

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