BANGOR DAILY NEWS • July 15, 2020
The water in the Penobscot River has been about 80 degrees Fahrenheit for the past few weeks — a level that’s less than optimal for Atlantic salmon — but the run of migrating fish is still the best in nine years, with 1,369 salmon being counted as of Monday, July 13. Atlantic salmon in all of Maine’s rivers are listed as endangered, by the federal government and fishing for them is prohibited.