1.   Instead, they are the product of decades of rearing and releasing salmon at a federal hatchery, rather than a truly wild population.

2.   Maine officials argue that the hatchery at Craig Brook has released so many salmon into the rivers over the last century that they have swamped the tiny wild population.

3.   New Brunswick regulations require that all salmon be released, but one is allowed, if one wishes, to keep one grilse a day.

4.   The salmon were released.

5.   About eight million salmon were released early because of U.S. spending cuts, Berry said.