BANGOR DAILY NEWS • June 3, 2020
Atlantic salmon are returning to the Penobscot River at a steady pace thus far. Fisheries staffers from the Maine Department of Marine Resources said the 176 salmon that have been counted thus far are the fifth most to have reached the counting facility by May 29 in the 42 years that salmon have been counted on the river. Among those fish was a rarity: A male that was making a return trip to the river to spawn.