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| 54 salmon rivers in Nova Scotia and some rivers in Maine are suffering from the effects of acid rain. |
| A deeper nest diminishes the odds that another fish will lay her eggs on top of the first salmon's redd. |
| A leaping wild Atlantic salmon adorns the top of New Brunswick's coat of arms. |
| A life-size salmon was sculpted in a cave in southwest France 22,000 years ago. |
| A record 38kg/83 lb salmon was netted in Ireland in 1882. |
| A wild Atlantic salmon can lay 1,500 to 1, 600 eggs for each kilogram of her body weight. |
| A wild Atlantic salmon prepares her nest or redd by digging a place in the stream bottom with her tail. |
| Albino salmon lack camouflage and have very poor vision, making them more vulnerable to predation. |
| Anglers in Canada released 55.13% of the wild Atlantic salmon they caught or 57,000 adult salmon and grilse in 2004. |
| ASF is a partner in an important agreement made with Greenlanders to safeguard Atlantic salmon in their offshore feeding grounds. |
| ASF is working to improve both downstream passage for smolts and adult salmon and upstream passage for returning adults. |
| ASF tracks salmon to determine why salmon mortality rates have increased in recent years. |
| At maturity, wild Atlantic salmon females can carry 22% of their body weight in eggs. |
| Atlantic salmon can be found in Canada, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Iceland, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Russia, Spain, Sweden, and the United States. |
| Atlantic salmon use their sense of smell to guide them near shore and as they ascend a river. |
| Atlantic salmon were a common and prolific fish in the rivers of colonial New England and Eastern Canada. |
| Beginning in the 1700s, dam construction, over fishing, and industrial waste caused a decline in salmon runs across much of their historic range. |
| Children in 600 schools in eastern Canada and the United States participate in ASF's Fish Friends education program. |
| For centuries, Atlantic salmon provided food, income and sport in New England and Eastern Canada. |
| For every million Atlantic salmon eggs spawned, one albino fish will be produced. |
| Habitat restoration, population assessment, fisheries protection and research are all essential aspects of wild Atlantic salmon conservation. |
| In 1922, a female angler landed a 29 kg/64 lb. salmon while fishing on the Tay in Scotland, the record weight for all Great Britain. |
| In Europe, wild Atlantic salmon are found from the Portuguese border of Spain to northwest Russia. |
| In North America, wild Atlantic salmon are found from the Connecticut River north to Quebec's Ungava region. |
| Large salmon, weighing more than 50 pounds can be more than 20 years old. |
| Larger wild Atlantic salmon females prepare deeper nests, potentially reducing susceptibility to destruction from gravel shifts, low river levels, and freezing. |
| Maine's Penobscot River Coalition, of which ASF is a member, is undertaking a major river restoration program |
| Maine's Penobscot River Restoration Program members plan to acquire three dams on the lower mainstem of the river, improving fish passage, and renewing the Penobscot's connection with the sea. |
| No one is certain how salmon navigate at sea, but they may use the earth's magnetic field. |
| On average an adult Atlantic salmon weighs 2 to 10 Kg and is 50 to 100 cm long. |
| Some wild Atlantic salmon populations are now extinct because of dams and netting. |
| The Atlantic Salmon Federation (ASF) is a world leader in tracking wild salmon with implanted sonic tags. |
| The Atlantic Salmon Federation (ASF) promotes the practice of live release to anglers to help conserve wild Atlantic salmon populations. |
| The Atlantic Salmon Federation (ASF) represents more than 40,000 individuals and 150 organizations working to conserve wild Atlantic salmon |
| The Atlantic Salmon Interpretive Centre at ASF headquarters, nears St. Andrews, NB is open from May through September. |
| The Atlantic salmon is one of only 87 fish species that migrate between fresh water and the ocean. |
| The Atlantic salmon is only distantly related to the six species of Pacific salmon. |
| The Atlantic salmon's closest relative is the brown trout, Salmon trutta. |
| The healthiest wild Atlantic salmon populations are found in Iceland and Norway. |
| The largest salmon recorded in North America was 25kg/55lb, angled on Quebec's Grand Cascapedia River in 1939. |
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