Atlantic Salmon Listed on Endangered Species List November 14,
2000 Atlantic Salmon joined other endangered species on November
13, 2000 when the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service listed wild
Atlantic salmon as an endangered species. The listing was in
lieu of objections from the governor of Maine, who sees the
action as a threat to two other industries. Maine's aqualculture
industry and blueberry producers face restrictions from the
listing, and Maine Governor Angus King argued that it could cost
jobs in the state. Reuter's news service reported on November
14, 2000 that listing the wild Atlantic salmon "severely
regulates the irrigation use of the rivers" where the fish
spawn, reducing the amount of water available for the blueberry
growers. John Ripley, a spokesman for King, also argued that
impacts to Maine's aqualculture farms, which accounts for nearly
90 percent of the state's aquaculture industry, would occur
since the listing would restrict the types of salmon that the
aquaculture industry would be allo