2019
CBC News: Nearing extinction, optimism surrounds future of Atlantic whitefish (https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/atlantic-whitefish-extinction-1.5145236)
- In 2018, Atlantic Whitefish, measuring only 2½ centimetres at the time, were removed for safekeeping to the federal Department of Fisheries and Oceans fish hatchery at Coldbrook in Nova Scotia’s Annapolis Valley.
- Those fish, now at Dalhousie’s Aquatron facility, are 15 centimetres long and thriving. There are now enough fish to start a breeding program – which will be critical for Atlantic Whitefish recovery.
2018
Government of Canada protects Atlantic Whitefish critical habitat (https://www.canada.ca/en/fisheries-oceans/news/2018/12/government-of-canada-protects-species-at-risk-critical-habitat.html)
- Atlantic Whitefish have been reported only in the Tusket River and Petite Rivière watersheds in southern Nova Scotia.
- The Tusket River population no longer exists. The Petite Rivière population holds the last wild population of Atlantic Whitefish in the world.
atlanticwhitefish.org 