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Restoring Native Fish to Our Watershed
Educating the Public
Educating the Public
Teaching through art
Discover the Wildlife That Could Return
Discover the Wildlife That Could Return
A traditional Maine food source for hundreds of years, now barred from much of their original habitat.
The only fish on the Gulf of Maine that lives in the river and spawns in the ocean, instead of the other way around.
The oldest reported Blueback Herring is 8 years old, the heaviest weighs 200g (0.44 lbs).
At 6-8 inches long, Rainbow Smelt are the smallest of Maine's native sea-run fish. For this reason, they are often used as bait to catch Salmon, Trout, and Tuna.
Once in a saline environment , sea lampreys develop parasitic abilities, attach themselves to a fish and ingest their blood and skin.
Before the Industrial Revolution, sea-run brook trout lived from New York to Maine. Now, 90% of all sea-run brook trout (also known as salters) live in isolated Maine rivers.
Current dams restrict the Atlantic salmon to 8% of its traditional habitat, which has led to Maine being their last refuge.
The fish allowed back into Maine's waterways with river restoration will provide for fish-eating birds as well.
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