Almost 600 of Maine’s 1,200 lakes managed for brookies are listed under the Heritage Fish Law, which protects wild trout from genetic contamination by hatchery stock and bans live-fish bait. Today, ...

Most of the discussion in Maine around per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, has centered on farms, but the chemicals’ presence in the state’s freshwater fish has been known for at ...

A number of the fish species the Maine Department of Environmental Protection has been testing over the years in lakes and streams near potential PFAS sources are over the new threshold.. The ...

All of Van de Riet's previous "Reef Wall" experiments have taken place in Florida, where the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of ...

Freshwater species are also threatened by pollution, overfishing, invasive species, disease, dams and water extraction. Pollution impacts 57% of freshwater fish species at risk of extinction, the ...

One-Third of Freshwater Fish Species Are at Risk of Extinction Humans have severely damaged more than half of the world’s rivers. Alex Fox - Correspondent. February 26, 2021.