Displaying 1 of 1 2015 Format: Book Author: Schmitt, Catherine, 1976- author. Title: The president's salmon : restoring the king of fish and its home waters / Catherine Schmitt. Publisher, Date: Camden, Maine : Down East Books, [2015] Description: viii, 230 pages : maps ; 24 cm Summary: "This is the story of the king of fish, the Atlantic salmon, once given as a token to American presidents; it is the story of the salmon's struggle for survival and of efforts to keep the species from vanishing forever"--Page 4 of cover. Subjects: Atlantic salmon -- History. Atlantic salmon fisheries -- Maine -- Penobscot River -- History. Rare fishes -- Maine -- Penobscot River -- History. Atlantic salmon -- Conservation. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-220) and index. Contents: The president's salmon -- Seboomook -- A tradition begins -- Chesuncook -- Big business -- Wassataquoik -- Empty nets -- Penobscot -- Troubled waters -- Kenduskeag -- Welcome to Salmon City -- Alamoosook -- Paper salmon -- Wassumkeag. LCCN: 2015009024 ISBN: 9781608934089 (hbk. : alk. paper) 160893408X (hbk. : alk. paper) Other Number: 894026332 System Availability: 1 Current Holds: 0 # Local items: 1 Control Number: 585775 # Local items in: 1 # System items in: 1 Call Number: 597.56 Schmitt Place Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Map It Suggestions and more Displaying 1 of 1
