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Atlantic Salmon in Maine
by NRC
Pages: 305
Publisher: --
Edition: 1st., 2004
Language: English
ISBN: 978-0309091357
Description
Atlantic salmon are symbolic of a time when the biological endowment of the eastern United States was richer and more diverse than today. These impressive fish were once abundant in the rivers of Maine, and their range extended south and west as far as the Connecticut River and perhaps even to the Hudson River. Today the distribution of wild Atlantic salmon in the eastern United States is restricted to a few rivers of Maine where total annual runs are numbered in hundreds of fish rather than the
tens or perhaps hundreds of thousands of the past.
In the year 2000, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Marine Fisheries Service listed Maine Atlantic salmon as an endangered species under the distinct population segment language of the EndangeredSpecies Act (ESA). This decision has the potential to trigger regulatory actions that might have economic impacts on agriculture, aquaculture, forestry, and other activities in Maine.
This National Research Council committee was asked to describe what is known about the genetic makeup of Atlantic salmon in Maine, and we did so in a report issued in January 2002. We were also asked to assess the causes of decline and to suggest strategies for the rehabilitation
of Atlantic salmon in Maine. This document responds to that latter charge.
by NRC
Pages: 305
Publisher: --
Edition: 1st., 2004
Language: English
ISBN: 978-0309091357
Description
Atlantic salmon are symbolic of a time when the biological endowment of the eastern United States was richer and more diverse than today. These impressive fish were once abundant in the rivers of Maine, and their range extended south and west as far as the Connecticut River and perhaps even to the Hudson River. Today the distribution of wild Atlantic salmon in the eastern United States is restricted to a few rivers of Maine where total annual runs are numbered in hundreds of fish rather than the
tens or perhaps hundreds of thousands of the past.
In the year 2000, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Marine Fisheries Service listed Maine Atlantic salmon as an endangered species under the distinct population segment language of the EndangeredSpecies Act (ESA). This decision has the potential to trigger regulatory actions that might have economic impacts on agriculture, aquaculture, forestry, and other activities in Maine.
This National Research Council committee was asked to describe what is known about the genetic makeup of Atlantic salmon in Maine, and we did so in a report issued in January 2002. We were also asked to assess the causes of decline and to suggest strategies for the rehabilitation
of Atlantic salmon in Maine. This document responds to that latter charge.
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