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Tag: Penobscot River

Fish return to a restored Penobscot

Between the head of tide above Bangor to where it widens into the bay at Searsport, the Penobscot River shifts … More

alewife, fish, Penobscot River, salmon, Sea Grant, shad

The Secret Life of Eels

OTHER MIGRATORY FISH get more attention than the American eel. Salmon is the king of fish; the alewife, the fish … More

American eel, Maine, Penobscot River

Holtrachem mercury – It’s still here.

The Department of Marine Resources has closed upper Penobscot Bay to fishing after a court-ordered study found elevated concentrations of … More

Maine, mercury, Penobscot River, pollution, rivers, seafood

How did U.S. presidents eat their salmon?

For eighty years, recreational salmon anglers on the Penobscot River in Maine upheld the annual tradition of giving the first … More

fish, Maine, Penobscot River, politics, restoration, rivers, salmon, seafood

Penobscot River Restoration Continues with Removal of Veazie Dam

Restoration of the mighty Penobscot River became one step closer to reality on July 22, when hundreds of people gathered … More

dam removal, Maine, Penobscot River, restoration, salmon

Sturgeon Moon Rising

In June 2006 I was in the boat with University of Maine researchers when they caught the second and third … More

dam removal, fish, history, Maine, Penobscot River, seafood, sturgeon

Spring Tradition: Anglers Vied to Catch Penobscot’s Presidental Salmon

This article appeared in the Bangor Daily News on March 30, 2012.One hundred years ago, a local fly-fisherman decided to … More

conservation, dam removal, fish, history, Maine, Penobscot River, restoration, rivers, salmon, seafood

Redemption for the sea lamprey

Sea lamprey have a bad reputation as a flesh-eating monsters, but the sea-run fish are are native to the Maine … More

dam removal, fish, Maine, Penobscot River, rivers, sea lamprey, The Working Waterfront

Welcome back, Alewives!

In May 2011, I rode a cargo ferry across Penobscot Bay to the island of North Haven with two Maine … More

alewife, fish, Maine, Penobscot River, restoration, seafood, The Working Waterfront
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