Salmon fry are free to swim
Releasing salmon fry into the stream. (Photo by Tom King)
Salmon fry raised in classroom. (Photo by Tom King)
Releasing salmon fry into the stream. (Photo by Tom King)
Salmon fry raised in classroom. (Photo by Tom King)
BELFAST — Tom King of the Belfast Bay Watershed Coalition, along with volunteers David Greeley and Bill Smith, helped twelve local schools raise and release their Atlantic Salmon fry in Wescot Stream this May. Students raised the salmon from 200 eggs per school.
The three-month process takes place in classrooms around the state as part of the Atlantic Salmon Federation’s “Fish Friends” program.
Not all eggs become fry; loss is inevitable, just as would happen in nature, according to the Coalition, in a news release. So the students are required to do record keeping and report to Dept. of Marine Resources their release number.
“Wescot Stream is an excellent site for the release because of great water quality, good salmon habitat, and it is the only un-dammed tributary of the Passagassawakeag River,” said the Coalition.
The Belfast Bay Watershed Coalition has been facilitating Fish Friends locally for nearly a decade. To get involved, visit www.BelfastBayWatershed.org
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