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Welcome to the official web site of The Connecticut River Salmon Association, Inc. Our mission is to support the effort to restore Atlantic salmon in the Connecticut River basin. We invite you to explore our site to learn more about our organization and the work being done to reestablish a species that had been extinct in this region since about 1800.

 

EnNOAA Fisheries Service, USFWS extend Endangered Species Act protection	NOAA’s Fisheries Service and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service have extended Endangered Species Act protection to more Atlantic salmon by adding fish in the Penobscot, Kennebec, and Androscoggin rivers and their tributaries to the endangered Gulf of Maine population first listed in 2000. [June 15, 2009] Click here to read more.
Hatchery Workers Play Role In Effort To Restore Salmon	This article about Connecticut's only Atlantic salmon hatchery appeared in The Hartford Courant on November 27, 2008. Click here to read the full article.
	2009 fish counts are provided to the CRSA by the [Connecticut] Department of Environmental Protection, Inland Fisheries Division. NEW this year - video clips!
Draft Recovery Plan Available	NOAA Fisheries and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) have published an announcement in the Federal Register (69 FR 34184) announcing the availability of the Draft Recovery Plan for the Gulf of Maine Distinct Population Segment of Atlantic Salmon (2.5 mb). The Services are soliciting review and comment on the draft plan from the public and all interested parties. For more information, read the Services' responses to frequently asked questions.
LEGISLATIVE UPDATE	The Connecticut River Compact has been reauthorized by the US Congress for an additional 20 years. [More]