News Releases

Fish & Chips: TNC's fish habitat restoration on a local potato farm

The Nature Conservancy helps fish, people, and potato chips

Maine Audubon: Stream Smart Workshop

Training opportunity Restoration

Public Webinar: 2021 Atlantic Salmon Habitat Restoration Partnership Grants

funding opportunity webinar

NOAA Fisheries announces "Species in the Spotlight" campaign for Atlantic Salmon.

NOAA Fisheries announced a new Species in the Spotlight campaign to focus recovery and public education efforts on nine marine species that are at risk of extinction.

Proceedings of the first virtual CMS Public Meeting

The proceedings, slides, minutes, and Q&A session from the 5/28/2020 meeting are now available for public viewing and comment

Union River dams denied key state certification

DEP application rejected

Northern Maine Hatchery Receives 42,000 Eggs

For eventual introduction to an Aroostook River tributary.

Ellsworth clears way for removal of old dam on Branch Lake Stream

Fish passage improvement

NOAA and USFWS Release Atlantic Salmon Recovery Plan

Final Atlantic Salmon Recovery Plan 2019

Maine Audubon: Stream Smart Phase II workshops

stream survey techniques and concepts associated with ecologically sound road/stream crossings

USFWS Programmatic Stream Crossing Consultation

USFWS, FEMA, and USACE in Maine have collaborated on a programmatic Endangered Species Act section 7 consultation that will facilitate recovery of the endangered Atlantic salmon and promote healthy stream ecosystems. Poorly designed stream crossings have long been recognized as a problem for Atlantic salmon and other native aquatic organisms in Maine. While progress has certainly been made to address this issue on a variety of fronts, including outreach and education, more work remains to be done.

First genetically engineered salmon sold in Canada

US firm AquaBounty Technologies says that its farmed, transgenic salmon has hit the market after a 25-year wait.

NOAA Fisheries designate critical habitat for Atlantic sturgeon

The critical habitat designation will require federal agencies to consult NOAA Fisheries if they operate or fund activities that may affect designated critical habitat in more than 3,968 miles of important coastal river habitat from Maine to Florida. Atlantic sturgeon was listed under the Endangered Species Act in 2012 and is comprised of the threatened Gulf of Maine distinct population segment and the endangered New York Bight, Chesapeake Bay, Carolina, and South Atlantic distinct population segments.