DOVER-FOXCROFT (AP) – A $24 million state plan to restore fish that migrate between fresh and salt waters to Maine’s Penobscot River is getting mixed reviews.

Some say they fear the plan would allow a free range of invasive species, including pike, to get into the river.

The Bangor Daily News says that others who spoke at a Thursday hearing held by the Maine Department of Marine Resources felt would provide better fishing and economic opportunities.

The plan drafted by the Departments of Marine Resources and Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, involves the restoration of alewives, the American eel, American shad, sea lamprey and blueback herring, and other species into the Penobscot River.

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Information from: Bangor Daily News, http://www.bangornews.com

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