Conservation Hatcheries
Listed under the Federal Endangered Species Act since 2000, Atlantic salmon in Maine are the last survivors of the wild Atlantic salmon runs that used to stretch as far south as Connecticut.
Of the eight remaining salmon runs, five are located in Downeast Maine. DSF’s unique conservation model of hatcheries has earned us the designation by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service as the only Non-Governmental Organization with a Section 10 permit for raising, rearing and releasing an Endangered Species.
