Diadromous Species Restoration Research Network (DSRRN)

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Goal of DSRRN

The goal of DSRRN is to advance the science of diadromous fish restoration and promote state-of-the-art scientific approaches to multiple-species restoration through workshops, conferences, web sharing, and journal publications.

DSRRN is a joint project of the Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Environmental & Watershed Research at the University of Maine and the University of Southern Maine. Funding for the project was received from the National Science Foundation. Learn more...

Contact Us

Barbara S. Arter

Science Information Coordinator

barbara.s.arter@umit.maine.edu

(207) 581-3286

Dr. Karen Wilson

Research Coordinator

kwilson@usm.maine.edu

(207) 228-1674

Address

Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Environmental & Watershed Research

5710 Norman Smith Hall

University of Maine, Orono, ME 04469

The Fish

Diadromous fish migrate between freshwater and saltwater completing different parts of their life stages in each environment. There are at least 12 North Atlantic diadromous species which utilize streams and rivers in the Northeast US and Maritime Canada. Learn more...

Updates

As of 25 May 2012

New Journal: Journal of Sustainable Watershed Science and Management (JSWSM)
Restoration: National Fish Passage Program Restoration Films in Vermont and Maine
Event: Great Works Dam Removal Event June 11
Workshop: Stream Restoration Workshop 2012-Henniker, NH
Publications: “Population viability management: ecological standards to guide adaptive management for rare species” AND “Habitat Selection and Overlap of Atlantic Salmon and Smallmouth Bass Juveniles in Nursery Streams” AND “Effects of Smallmouth Bass on Atlantic Salmon Habitat Use and Diel Movements in an Artificial Stream”

April 2012

East Coast Trout Management
and Culture Workshop
Research Publications:
"Distribution and Abundance of Anadromous Sea Lamprey
Spawners in a Fragmented Stream" &
"Contaminants in Atlantic Sturgeon and Shortnose Sturgeon Recovered from the Penobscot and Kennebec Rivers, Maine" & "Environmental Contaminants in
Shortnose Sturgeon (Acipenser brevirostrum)
From Bears Bluff National Fish Hatchery,
Wadmalaw Island, South Carolina"
Management Publications:
"Economic Impacts of Massachusetts Ecological Restoration Projects"
In The News:
"Can tiny boats help scientists learn about salmon?"

20 March 2012

Funding: NFHP Coastal & Marine Fish Habitat Protection and TNC/NOAA Community-based Restoration Matching Grants Program and Long Island Sound Futures Fun
News: ACFHP Seeks Nominations for Melissa Laser Fish Habitat Conservation Award
Events: Notice of Public Hearings for Atlantic Herring and Species Identification and Assessment of Northeastern Freshwater Fish Seminar
Restoration: Multi-agency coordination leads to successful dam removal, Simkins Dam, Patapsco River Maryland
Publication: Abrupt Climate Regime Shifts, Their Potential Forcing and Fisheries Impact

February 2012

Funding: Northeast Region Fish Passage Team Capabilities and Services
Resources: Rainbow Smelt Website and Atlantic Salmon General Conservation Plan Webpage
Restoration Efforts: Year of the River: Video of Elwah River and Video on Large Woody Debris Placement on the Narraguagus River, Maine
Publication: Implications of sense of place for recovery of Atlantic salmon and other imperiled fishes
News: Photography Exhibit Celebrates Penobscot River Restoration