Major Salmon Decline in Connecticut River

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By Lisa Peakes on Monday, July 30, 2001.
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DESPITE THE EFFORTS OF FISH BIOLOGISTS IN FOUR STATES��.THE NUMBER OF SALMON RETURNING TO THE CONNECTICUT RIVER HAS FALLEN TO ITS LOWEST LEVEL IN 18 YEARS.
A SPOKESMAN FOR CONNECTICUT�S DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION SAYS THE NEWS HAS LEFT THEM SHELLSHOCKED.
NHPR�S LISA PEAKES SPOKE WITH JAY MCMENEMY, A FISHERIES BIOLOGIST WITH VERMONT�S DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE.

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