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Description:Total returns to USA rivers in 2019 was 1,535 salmon; this is the sum of documented returns to traps and returns estimated by redd counts. Returns to the US ranks 15 out of the 1991-2019 time series. Most returns (1,528, 99.5%) were to the Gulf of Maine Distinct Population Segment (GoM DPS), which includes the Penobscot River, Kennebec River and Eastern Maine coastal rivers with only 7 returns documented outside of the GoM DPS. Documented returns to traps totaled 1,263 and returns estimated by redd counts was 265 adult salmon. Overall, 25.9% of the adult returns to the USA were 1SW salmon, 73.7% were 2SW salmon and 0.2% were 3SW or repeat spawners. Most (75.7 %) returns were of hatchery smolt origin and the balance (24.3%) originated from either natural reproduction, 0+ fall stocked parr, hatchery fry, or eggs. A total of 4,775,484 juvenile salmon (eggs, fry, parr, and smolt), and 5,710 adults were stocked into US rivers. Of those fish, 367,088 carried a mark and/or tag. Eggs for USA hatchery programs were taken from a total of 1,324 females consisting of 280 sea-run females and 1,044 captive/domestic and domestic females. Total egg take (5,173,240) was lower than the previous three years’ average of 7,144,788. Production of farmed salmon in Maine was not available, due to regulations concerning privacy.
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