PISCATAQUIS OBSERVER • June 26, 2020
A coalition of conservation groups, including the Atlantic Salmon Federation, has recently urged the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife to add the Atlantic salmon to the state’s list of Endangered species. The Atlantic salmon has been listed and protected under the Federal Endangered Species Act since 2000. Once the salmon was federally listed recreational fishing was prohibited. This prohibition of even catch-and-release fishing of the salmon has long been a thorn in the sides of anglers. ~ V. Paul Reynolds