2014 National Recreational Fisheries Awards - Call for Nominations Each year, five National Recreational Fisheries Awards are presented to deserving individuals or organizations. Fisheries and Oceans Canada is now seeking nominations for the 2014 Awards.The attachements below are a description of the National Recreational Fisheries Awards program and the nomination form. For those of you who woul ...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (Edmonton April 19, 2013)… Alberta’s largest conservation group, the Alberta Fish & Game Association (AFGA), is hosting its 50th Annual Wildlife Awards Banquet on April 20, 2013 at:The Polish Hall10960 104 Street Edmonton6:00pm cocktails, 7:00pm dinnerThis event is an opportunity for the AFGA to recognize Alberta’s award winning harvests from the ...

Buy your Minister's Special Licence raffle tickets in Calgary at: Cycle Works Motorsports4127 6 St NE, CalgaryHours:Sunday ClosedMonday ClosedTuesday 9:00 am - 5:30 pmWednesday 9:00 am - 5:30 pmThursday 9:00 am - 5:30 pmFriday 9:00 am - 5:30 pmSaturday 10:00 am - 4:00 pm ...

“Spring releasing hens into quality habitat is the best way to introduce/enhance natural pheasant populations.” The Canadian Pheasant Company (CPC) in Brooks is not going into production this year and are liquidating this year’s breeder stock immediately. Because the company was not able to secure a long-term contract (3-5 years) for the Alberta Raise and Release Program owners ...

The following are the Resolutions that were passed at the Alberta Fish & Game Association’s recent 84th Annual General Meeting held on February 23rd in Red Deer, Alberta. CLICK HERE: AFGA 2013 RESOLUTIONS ...

MINISTER’S SPECIAL LICENCE RAFFLE TICKETS NOW AVAILABLE!! Tickets for the bighorn sheep, antlered mule deer and elk raffles are now available at the Calgary Boat & Sportsmen's Show February 7-10 at the Sarcee Fish & Game Association booth. Tickets are also available from the AFGA office online at http://www.afga.org/events/Minister-s-Special-Licence or by phone 780-437-2342.Check th ...

The Deadline for giving your input to the ACA about levy increases is January 31, 2013. To give your input - Click here: LEVY INCREASES ...

In the fall of 2011, an inadvertent, according to the Alberta Government, federal amendment to the Alberta Fishery Regulations removed the barbed hook ban. The omission was not immediately noted and has affected about 600 Albertans who were ticketed for using barbed hooks.Officials from ESRD and Justice and Solicitor General are apparently working to rectify the problem by withdrawing charges and ...

Dear Fellow Hunter: Alberta Environment and Sustainable Resource Development has conducted Game Harvest Surveys since 1986 and the information you provide is an important component of managing hunting in Alberta. We continue to improve our methods of collecting game harvest survey information and ask you to assist us through this online survey regarding your 2012 big game and game bird hunting se ...

The purpose of this survey is to identify changes in the watershed over the past 50+ years, and to prioritize the issues that you see as most important. This information will also help to direct future NAIT research activities in the watershed. If you are over the age of 18 and live in the Sturgeon River Watershed, you are invited to participate by clicking on the following link: http://www.sur ...

South Saskatchewan Regional Plan Consultation Meetings Below are remaining meeting locations for the South Saskatchewan Regional Plan that is recommending that landholders be allowed to charge access fees, in other words paid hunting.Everyone is encouraged to attend and make your feelings known. Meeting times are 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. for stakeholder groups and 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. for the public. Go to ...

November 13, 2012The Honourable Alison Redford, Premier#307, Legislature Building10800 – 97 Ave.Edmonton, AB T5K 2B6Dear Premier Redford:On behalf of the 21,500 members of the Alberta Fish and Game Association I am writing you to express our concern regarding the recommendation of the South Saskatchewan Regional Advisory Council to government which states that:“5.3.14.2 Respect priva ...

AFGA Congratulates the Federal Government with the Destruction of the Gun Registry Data(Edmonton November 1, 2012)… Alberta’s largest conservation group, the Alberta Fish & Game Association (AFGA), is pleased by today’s announcement by Federal Minister of Public Safety, the Honourable Vic Toews that the records stored in the obsolete long gun registry, including back-ups, ha ...

Government of Alberta announced the South Saskatchewan Regional Plan phase two consultation. Beginning on November 6, they will be visiting 20 communities to gather feedback on the Regional Advisory Council's advice to government for the South Saskatchewan Regional Plan. You can also provide your input through a workbook that will be posted to www.landuse.alberta.ca AFGA members are invited to att ...

October 26, 2012Special hunt to manage elk population in southeast AlbertaHerd reduction program offers new opportunity in CFB Suffield Edmonton... The Alberta government is introducing a new hunting opportunity to help reduce the large number of elk on Canadian Forces Base Suffield. The elk, in an area approximately 50 kilometres north of Medicine Hat, have been causing damage to nearby property ...

By Kevin RushworthReporterAfter a midnight close encounter with nine grizzly bears on his family’s ranch, one Beaver Mines area business owner is thanking the family dog for alerting him to the alarming situation at hand.In the early hours of Sunday, Oct. 14, rancher Ryan McClelland made the call to the local Fish and Wildlife division. Not surprisingly, the sheer number of bears has made th ...

As the disease continues to spread, the ongoing Chronic Wasting Disease Surveillance program for 2012 is targeting twenty-nine wildlife management units(WMUs). Heads should be kept frozen and dropped off at any Fish and Wildlife office or at any of the 24 hour freezers. Check page sixteen (16) of the 2012 alberta guide to hunting regulations for office phone numbers. To view the list Click H ...

Edmonton... Alberta will build the most comprehensive environmental monitoring program in Canada with the establishment of a new arm’s-length environmental monitoring agency. The agency will be built on credible science, research and data collection. This is the key recommendation of the independent Environmental Monitoring Working Group report released by the Alberta govern ...

October 12, 2012 - Please be advised that the licence machine at the Alberta Fish & Game Association office is up and running again! Come in and purchase your Hunting and Fishing Licenses! Our office is open: Monday - Friday 8:30am to 4:30pm ...

Up to 30 large, artificial lakes could be built in the oilsands area if the province approves the idea as a new way to reclaim thousands of hectares boreal forest dug up for the massive open-pit mines. Click Here to read full Article... http://www.edmontonjournal.com/business/Artificial+lakes+latest+proposal+reclaim+spent+oilsands/7360088/story.html ...