The New Brunswick government has dramatically dropped the price for leases on a group of publicly-owned salmon pools once considered among the most prized and lucrative fishing spots in North America.
Most minimum bids in province’s once-a-decade Crown angling lease auction drop 40 to 75 per cent
Jacques Poitras · CBC News
· Posted: Sep 15, 2025 5:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 1 hour ago
Salmon pools on New Brunswick rivers like the Northwest Miramichi once fetched high lease prices but have started to get sharp price reductions. (Shane Fowler/CBC)
The New Brunswick government has dramatically dropped the price for leases on a group of publicly owned salmon pools once considered among the most prized and lucrative fishing spots in North America.
Those 10-year leases are up for bids this week and give lessees the right to fish renowned Crown salmon pools on the Miramichi, Restigouche and other rivers.
The auction catalogue shows the province has dropped minimum bids, known as “upset prices,” for pools in the Miramichi system by 75 per cent compared to the 2013 auction.
The upset price for Square Forks, which is on the Big Sevogle River, has dropped from $49,800 in 2013 to $12,450 this year.
Upset prices on the Restigouche are down by 40 per cent. The river’s Cross Point lease, which carried an upset price of $87,300 in 2013,
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