Projects
Identifying & Assessing Habitat
Maine Atlantic Salmon
The
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service’s Gulf of Maine Coastal Program
and the Maine Atlantic Salmon Commission have conducted several habitat identification and assessment projects to help inform habitat protection and restoration projects that benefit Atlantic salmon recovery.
Maine Atlantic Salmon Habitat Atlas (Third Edition) provides detailed maps of Atlantic salmon spawning and rearing habitat along 16 rivers in Maine.
Maine Fish Passage Barrier Inventory is a new and evolving initiative designed to conduct a comprehensive inventory of bridges and culverts at road-crossings, dams and natural obstructions that may limit fish passage. Partners include Gulf of Maine Coastal Program office, Maine Forest Service, Maine Atlantic Salmon Commission, Project SHARE, Atlantic Salmon Federation.
For additional information on Gulf of Maine Coastal Program activities related to Atlantic salmon habitat identification, protection and restoration, select from the following:
- Fact sheet on Maine's wild Atlantic salmon (112K PDF)
- Maine Atlantic Salmon Conservation Fund describes a key funding source for Atlantic salmon habitat conservation projects.
- Maine Atlantic Salmon Conservation Fund Overviews for 2006 and 2007 which describe accomplishments of the Maine Atlantic Salmon Conservation Fund.
