The purpose of this Compact is to promote the restoration of Anadromous Atlantic salmon, hereinafter referred to as Atlantic salmon, in the Connecticut River basin by the development of a joint interstate program for stocking, protection, management, research, and regulation. It is the purpose of this Compact to restore Atlantic salmon to the Connecticut River in numbers as near as possible to their historical abundance. (Added 1979, No. 89 (Adj. Sess.).)