Conservation groups' pact will help save Atlantic salmon

[Judi Lynn]

Patrick Whittle, Associated Press
 Updated 2:56 pm, Tuesday, May 29, 2018

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Two conservation groups said Tuesday a deal has been struck with commercial fishermen in Greenland and the Faroe Islands that will help thousands of vulnerable Atlantic salmon return to rivers in the United States, Canada and Europe.

Commercial fishing for Atlantic salmon is prohibited in the United States, where the fish's Gulf of Maine population is listed under the Endangered Species Act. But the Atlantic Salmon Federation and North Atlantic Salmon Fund said their new deal with Greenland and Faroe Island fishers is a major step toward recovery because it will dramatically reduce fishing.

Coastal Greenland and the waters off the Faroe Islands are important feeding grounds for salmon. Fishermen who work those waters take fish that originate in both jeopardized populations in Maine and New Brunswick, Canada, and healthy populations elsewhere.

The agreement places new limits on fishing, including ending the Faroe Islands fishery.

More:
https://www.chron.com/news/us/article/Enviros-Pact-with-Greenland-Faroe-Islands-will-12950535.php

[jpak]

1. This is a Big Fucking Deal

Maine has spent lots of time and money removing dams on the Kennebec and Penobscot river basins, and releasing young salmon in prime breeding habitats.

If the can return to spawn, they will come back.