Operational Plan for the Restoration of Diadromous Fishes to the ...

Table of Contents
Introduction ................................................................................................................ 1
Section 1 - Alewife, American eel, American shad, Atlantic salmon, Atlantic
sturgeon, Atlantic tomcod, blueback herring, rainbow smelt, sea lamprey, sea-run
brook trout, shortnose sturgeon, and striped bass..................................................... 3
Background ............................................................................................................ 4
Introduction ............................................................................................................ 5
Operational Objectives, Measures, and Strategies ................................................ 6
Work Plan Table................................................................................................... 15
Work Plan Narratives ........................................................................................... 16
References........................................................................................................... 27
Atlantic Salmon .................................................................................................... 28
Introduction .......................................................................................................... 28
Background .......................................................................................................... 28
Strategies to Increase Adult Escapement to the Penobscot Basin....................... 30
Operational Objectives ......................................................................................... 30
Operational Measures .......................................................................................... 31
Work Plan Table................................................................................................... 33
Work Plan Narratives ........................................................................................... 35
References........................................................................................................... 46
Section 2 - Passage and Connectivity ..................................................................... 47
Introduction .......................................................................................................... 48
Goal, Objectives, and Strategies.......................................................................... 54
Work Plan Table................................................................................................... 59
Work Plan Narratives ........................................................................................... 66
References........................................................................................................... 81
Section 3 - Habitat ................................................................................................... 83
Introduction .......................................................................................................... 84
Background .......................................................................................................... 84
Goals, Objectives and Strategies ......................................................................... 85
Work Plan Table................................................................................................... 87
Work Plan Narratives ........................................................................................... 89
References........................................................................................................... 91
Section 4 - Non-Native species including Northern pike .......................................... 93
Introduction .......................................................................................................... 94
Goal, Objectives and Strategies........................................................................... 94
Work Plan Table................................................................................................... 96
Work Plan Narratives ........................................................................................... 98
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