AFS
Aboriginal ________ Strategy.
Fisheries
A sand-colored, sparrow-sized shorebird that nests and feeds along coastal sand and gravel beaches.
Piping plover
This common navigation tool uses satellites to triangulate its position on the earth.
GPS
Gros Morne National Park is currently experiencing an outbreak of this defoliating caterpillar and has caused extensive damage to coniferous forests in the past.
Spruce budworm
Waspu
Seal
Each year, the AFS program employs this many guardians to patrol our schedule salmon rivers
12
One of only 14 mammals on the island of Newfoundland, this genetically distinct subspecies, unique to the island, was once trapped for its fur before being listed as endangered.
Pine marten
Two telescopes mounted side by side.
Binoculars.
Seemingly identical to its redder "rock" cousin, this variety of crustacean has been exceptionally prolific along both the Pacific and Atlantic coastlines.
European Green Crab
Kitpu
Eagle
The AFG's enforce this piece of federal legislature.
Fisheries Act
Scientists are still mystified about the reproductive cycle of this aquatic species of catadromous fish, commonly caught with two types of spears - one for winter and one for summer.
American eel
These salty treats are used by the Natural Resources Technicians as bait for Banded Kilifish
Ritz Crackers
DFO recently scoured an entire pond in the Bay of Islands area to eradicate this shiny fish, commonly kept as a pet.
Goldfish
Katew
Eel
The AFS program is fully funded by this government agency
Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO)
Cut for saw logs and building ship masts in the late 1800s, this species of coniferous tree was banned from harvest in 1999
White Pine
Field staff use this type of unit in the event of an emergency. It also doubles as a location tracking device.
Spot unit
Introduced to Newfoundland in 1958 to combat the larch sawfly, this small, mouse-like rodent once boomed in population before finding its niche in the environment.
Masked shrew
Tia'm
Moose
The AFS program started in this year, the same year as the cod moratorium.
1992
Entheusiastically caught by many fisherman, and controversially farmed along Newfoundland's South coast, this ray-finned fish is the third largest in the world, right behind Siberian taimen and Pacific Chinook varieties.
Atlantic salmon
The AFGs and Natural Resource technicians use this type of net to catch juvenile eel
Fyke net
Native to eastern Asia and introduced to North America as a horticultural plant in the late 19th century, this bamboo-like invasive species aggressively inhabits roadsides, ditches and fence lines.
Japanese knotweed
Nmjinikej
Crab