Encouraging harvest as a fisheries management tool is bad science
A landlocked salmon from the Crooked River, a tributary to Sebago Lake. (Emily Bastian)
“This husbandry-centric management needs to stop before Maine loses a big part of what makes it unique: Wild native fish. Our focus should be on natural abundance and size-quality, and the best way to get there is to stop trying to play God.”
As part of a guest fish conservation column in Bangor Daily News, Native Fish Coalition Executive Director Bob Mallard challenges Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife in regard to harvesting fish.
