Mainers Fight to Protect Wild Salmon From Fish Farms

Cooke Aquaculture touts the jobs its salmon farms bring to the state, but local critics say the potential costs to their waters, livelihoods and wild Atlantic salmon outweigh the benefits.

By: Gaea Cabico

Outlets: Sentient

Published: August 31, 2026

Words: 1,823

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 4 days ago

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For more than three decades, Dwayne Shaw has fought to keep wild Atlantic salmon from disappearing in Maine. As the executive director of the Downeast Salmon Federation, he helps operate hatcheries and restore rivers and watersheds where the last remaining wild Atlantic salmon in the United States exist. The Atlantic salmon fisheries closed in the 1940s after dams, pollution and overfishing drove the population into decline. “We have secured them, to an extent. However, …

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