River clearing well and looking good on the upper river. Should be some action this weekend.
Grannom hatches at times and some big Stonefly's in evidence too.
 Lovely spring day.  Clearing well but still high for the lower end.

Atlantic Salmon Federation News   Thurs., Mar. 31, 2016

Call for Comments on New Maine Salmon Recovery Plan ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Federal Register today had details of the new recovery plan for Atlantic salmon in Maine, including a call for public comment until May 31, and a schedule for public information meetings. http://asf.ca/call-for-comments-on-draft-maine-salmon-recovery-plan.html Maine Farmed Salmon Upgraded to "Good Alternative" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Maine tracks its farmed salmon through the food chain and together with other best practices, has taken it out of the "red" list and on to the "yellow" list of the Monterey Bay Aquarium's Food Watch. http://asf.ca/maine-farmed-salmon-upgraded-to-good-alternative.html Ocean Changes Affect Atlantic Salmon Prey ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Changes in the conditions in the northwest Atlantic Ocean are affecting prey species of wild Atlantic salmon. An article highlights a very interesting scientific paper published last fall. http://asf.ca/ocean-condition-changes-affect-salmon-prey.html Canadian MP Offers Petition On Ending Open Net-pen Salmon Farming ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Nova Scotia MP Bernadette Jordan has set up a petition to move all Canadian salmon farming to land. For more details and links: http://asf.ca/sign-on-to-a-petition-to-end-open-net-pen-salmon-farming-in.html