BRUNSWICK — Friends of Merrymeeting Bay’s fifth presentation of their 20th annual Winter Speaker Series, Talking Fish-Heads, will feature Nate Gray, fishery biologist with the Department of Marine Resources and Doug Watts, fish expert, advocate and author in a discussion of migratory fish restoration efforts moderated by FOMB Chair, Ed Friedman. The event, takes place at Curtis Memorial Library in Brunswick, Wednesday, Feb. 8 at 7 p.m.
Merrymeeting Bay is the only body of water in Maine providing spawning and nursery habitat to all migratory fish species from the Gulf of Maine, according to FOMB. These fish require fresh and salt water to complete their life cycles. Some of these fish are rare and endangered, some showing dramatic recoveries. Threats have ranged from overfishing to pollution and loss of habitat to turbine mortality. The evening’s three experts will discuss the cast of fish characters, laws and regulations governing the fish and rivers; restoration threats, past and present and successes, while also offering up possible solutions.
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