Wild Salmon Showing Better Returns

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It’s been a rough year for salmonids, but finally some good news.

Maine officials recorded the highest number of Atlantic salmon in over a decade, after factors such as overfishing and pollution have caused numbers of the species to dwindle in the wild. The uptick is offering hope that the fish, which are protected by the Endangered Species Act, might finally be making a comeback.

More wild Atlantic salmon found in U.S. rivers than any time in the past decade, officials say, Men’s Journal.com