Mashpee Receives Grant Toward Santuit ImprovementsBy SAM HOUGHTON Sep 20, 2017 The Mashpee Enterprise Good news has arrived for herring and the new brook trout recently reintroduced to the Santuit River. The Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs, in conjunction with Climate Week, announced late last week that Mashpee is the recipient ofRead more
RIVER HERRING IN THE NEWS
The Wanderer 2017 Alewives Anonymous Herring Countson September 10, 2017 The results of the 2017 alewives (herring) migration as recorded by an electronic fish counter on the Mattapoisett River at Snipatuit Pond and the Sippican River at Leonard’s Pond in Rochester have been completed.This year’s count of herring in the Mattapoisett River was 14,938. 2017Read more
Several news stories and radio programs announced yesterday and today that the National Marine Fisheries Service will initiate a review of alewife and blueback herring under the Endangered Species Act. The document with all the details – the August 15, 2017 edition of the Federal Register – can be downloaded from the link below. FederalRead more
River herring, hurt by dams and climate change, believed to be at only 3% of historical numbers They could potentially be listed as ‘threatened’ or ‘endangered’ by 2019. BY PATRICK WHITTLE ASSOCIATED PRESS The federal government is reviewing the status of two river herring species to see if the little fish should be listed underRead more
Hunters Pond Dam dam removal paves way for improvements By Ruth Thompsonrthompson@wickedlocal.comWicked Local Scituate Posted Sep 1, 2017 at 3:45 AMA road paving project in North Scituate has led to the removal of an antiquated dam, thus improving the area ecosystem benefitting a variety of migratory fish including river herring, American eel, and rainbow smeltRead more
Drop in herring population may halt fishing renewal in Middleboro Taunton Daily GazetteBy Eileen Reece / Enterprise CorrespondentPosted Aug 30, 2017 at 3:57 PM The 2017 herring population was calculated at 150,300 a significant 75 percent drop from last year’s count of 600,000. The herring population has averaged between 500,000 to 600,000 over the lastRead more
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