Atlantic Salmon in Maine
Tue, Mar 01
|Information Session
Please join Frenchman Bay United on March 1 at 5:30 p.m. for our next member information program, Atlantic Salmon in Maine
Time & Location
Mar 01, 2022, 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM
Information Session
About the event
We’ve been talking a lot about salmon over the past year as we work to stop American Aquafarms’ proposed industrial fish factory in Frenchman Bay, but how much do we really know about this magnificent fish? We’ve put together a great panel to discuss the history of Atlantic salmon in Maine, the global threats to wild salmon from farmed salmon, and efforts to restore these once-abundant fish to Maine waters. Leading our discussion and taking your questions will be:
Catherine Schmitt, science communication specialist at the Schoodic Institute and author of three books of nonfiction, including The President’s Salmon: Restoring the King of Fish and its Home Waters. She is a journalist and writer of many articles and essays related to science and the environment that have been published in a diverse array of newspapers, magazines, and literary journals. (schoodicinstitute.org)
John Burrows, executive director, U.S. Programs, for the Atlantic Salmon Federation (ASF), a…