Finally, some good news about Salmon (Atlantic Salmon, but still good news)

[kmudgn]

More wild Atlantic salmon found in US rivers than any time in the past decade, officials say - The Boston Globe

The last wild Atlantic salmon that return to US rivers have had their most productive year in more than a decade, raising hopes they may be weathering myriad ecological threats.

www.bostonglobe.com

You should be able to get past pay wall by clicking on body of article.

 

[Chucker]

No mention of how many of those fish are escapees from fish farms. I don’t know about that particular run, but for a lot of Atlantic salmon runs, that’s all that actually comes in.

 

[Zak]

Maine ripped out a dam on the Penobscot River, that might have helped.

Restoring the Penobscot River

An unprecedented and innovative effort to restore a Maine river.

www.nature.org

Penobscot River Restoration Project

The Penobscot New England's second largest river system, the Penobscot drains an area of 8,570 square miles. Its West Branch rises near Penobscot Lake on the Maine/Quebec border; the East Branch at East Branch Pond near

www.nrcm.org

Still work to be done, though:

Penobscot River Dam Owner Violating Federal Endangered Species Act

“We have sued Brookfield over its ESA violations on the Kennebec,” Mahoney said. “In light of Brookfield’s disregard for the ESA on the Penobscot as well, we need to consider all available options to ensure it meets its legal obligations. And that holds true for the federal agencies – FERC and...

www.clf.org

 

[Wadin' Boot]

I did a student rotation at Eastern Maine Medical back in 1996 in the middle of winter. The housing was in the old Nurse's quarters and my room looked out over the Bangor Water works and site of one of the old dam structure there. I guess there used to be a pool there where the first salmon of the season would be presented to the President. It looked like water with potential back then, and It's cool to see this river restored. It's a solid chunk of good water with lots of wild headwaters. The whole estuary of the Penobscot (Or neighboring Kenebec) are huge eel/shad/striper/mackerel factories. It's no wonder the Great White shark attack several years back was not that far from the restoration. Seems like if they manage it right Maine's a destination summer+September fishery, alternatively it probably already is, and you just don't hear that much about it....