Rebuilding history: $1.1 million needed for Baxter Grist Mill repairs Project would reinforce dam, rebuild fish ladder at Baxter Grist Mill. Cape Cod TimesBy Madeleine List WEST YARMOUTH – About 300 years of history sit between Mill Pond and Route 28, and the site is in need of some modern-day help. The infrastructure around theRead more
RIVER HERRING IN THE NEWS
Hello River Herring Network members, The MA Division of Marine Fisheries is proposing a regulation change to allow individual rivers to be open for harvest of river herring if they have an ASMFC approved sustainability management plan and specific permitting, harvest and identification requirements. This is one of 18 different regulation changes being proposed. DMFRead more
http://www.mass.gov/eea/docs/dfg/dmf/marinefisheriesnotices/pubhearings/public-hearing-notice-011317.pdf January 13, 2017Public Hearing Notice:Four Public Hearings and Comment Period Scheduled to Address Numerous Fishery Proposals 4. Opening Individual River Herring Runs (322 CMR 6.17). This proposed regulation wouldprovide DMF with the authority to open individual rivers to the harvest of river herring if theyhave an ASMFC approved sustainability management plan and specific permitting,Read more
Freeing The Fry From Harwich HeadwatersCape Cod ChronicleBy: William F. Galvin HARWICH — Low water levels and sand deposits at the sluiceways in the headwater ponds of the Herring River made it a challenge for fry to make their way to the ocean this fall. Fisheries officials observed juvenile fish seeking a route to NantucketRead more
Despite improvements to local runs 2016 figures see steep declines Cape Cod Times By Doug Fraser BREWSTER – With help from $1.67 million in federal grants, Brewster replaced a 2-foot-wide pipe with an 18-foot-wide culvert under Route 6A in 2011, restoring tidal flow to 20 acres of salt marsh and 3,000 feet of stream habitat,Read more
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