The Ipswich River Watershed Association and Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries will address dams blocking fish passage and posing flood risks to towns with $2.5 million in funding through NOAA. NOAA’s Office of Habitat Conservation and its long-time partners the … Continued
In October 2023, an array of Federal, state, and nonprofit partners convened at the U.S. Geological Survey’s Anadromous Fish Research Center at Turners Falls, Massachusetts to discuss cooperative fisheries management in the Connecticut River watershed. The meeting marked the launch … Continued
The State of Maine’s preliminary count of endangered Atlantic salmon returning to the Penobscot River was 1,426 fish this year. The 2020 Penobscot River salmon run was the highest since 2011. In 2019, 1,076 Atlantic salmon returned to the river. … Continued
Approximately 420,000 steelhead have been released into the American River, according to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW). The juvenile steelhead were raised at Nimbus Fish Hatchery and released into the American River just upstream of the I … Continued
Athough American shad (Alosa sapidissima) populations are at historically low levels in much of the species’ range, signs of a rebound can be found in rivers such as the Penobscot. While much of the historic shad spawning habitat has been … Continued