Atlantic Salmon get Good News in Maine

January 10, 2012 By Paul Weamer

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More than 3,100 salmon returned to the Penobscot River, the most since 1986, and nearly 200 ascended the Narraguagus River, up from the low two digits just a decade ago.

http://www.asf.ca/news.php?id=801

Great news for all who care about wild, Atlantic salmon!

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