WABI-TV5 • June 8, 2023
Over the last few days, hundreds of salmon have been released into the wild. “Maine’s rivers support the last remaining populations of Atlantic salmon in the United States, but they are listed as endangered. We work together the Department of Marine Resources along with NOAA Fisheries, US Fish and Wildlife Service and the Penobscot Indian Nation to try to help jump-start recovery and put the species on the path towards hopefully one day delisting entirely,” said Dr. Danielle Frechette, marine resource scientist. “The East Branch Penobscot River has some of the best habitat in the Penobscot River drainage…for the juveniles to grow up in and themselves grow up to that smolt stage,” Frechette said.