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SUMMARY: The Strategic and Operational Plan outlines the Department of Marine Resource's plan for the restoration of American shad and alewives to their historical spawning and nursery areas in the Kennebec River above Augusta. The Strategic Plan identifies the Department's specific goals and objectives for fish restoration. The long term goal is to restore shad and alewives to their historical spawning and nursery areas above the Augusta dam. The objectives to be attained from this goal are to achieve an annual production of 6.0 million alewives and 725,000 American shad in the waters of the Kennebec River above the Augusta dam.
The Operational Plan provides detail on how the Department of Marine Resources intends to carry out its plan during the period 1986-1998 (Phase I). The Operational Plan includes a "Fish Passage Action Plan" which identifies relevant dams and specifies dates when upstream and downstream fish passage facilities will be constructed. The "Fish Passage Action Plan" reflects conditions mutually agreed upon by the Department of Marine Resources, Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, Atlantic Sea-Run Salmon Commission, and a number of dam owners known as the Kennebec Hydro Developers Group (KHDG). During the time period covered by the Operational Plan (Phase II), the restoration methods consist of truck stocking of shad and alewives collected from various waters within and outside the state; selective passage of fish over the Augusta dam; and trapping of alewives and Atlantic salmon at the Augusta dam for trucking around selected upriver dams. A complete copy of the Plan may be obtained from:
Department of Marine Resources
Anadromous Fish Division
State House Station #21
Augusta, Maine 04333
13- 188 C.M.R. ch. 60, § 10