Herring River restoration may begin in 2021 Provincetown BannerBy Teresa Parker / Banner CorrespondentPosted at 11:27 AM WELLFLEET — The Herring River Restoration Committee will soon apply for permits for the first phase of the estuary’s restoration, planners told the Herring River Executive Council on Sept. 25. They expect to go before the Cape CodRead more
RIVER HERRING IN THE NEWS
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
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
Herring migration on the rise in Mystic Lakes Boston GlobeBy Alyssa Meyers GLOBE CORRESPONDENT AUGUST 09, 2017 An estimated 630,000 herring migrated through a fish ladder installed at the Mystic Dam this year, marking one of the largest herring migration groups in Massachusetts history, the Mystic River Watershed Association said. The number of river herringRead more
Herring count up this year at three local runs The Patriot Ledger Posted Aug 8, 2017 at 6:45 AMUpdated Aug 8, 2017 at 9:24 AM Volunteers for the North and South Rivers Watershed Association counted 11,341 fish during this spring’s spawning run on the Third Herring Brook in Norwell and Hanover, Herring Brook in PembrokeRead more
Increasing eel demand encourages poaching and black market FIS Fish Information & Services World News fis.com/worldnews UNITED STATESTuesday, August 08, 2017, 02:00 (GMT + 9) The big demand and high prices reached by baby eels (elvers) have spawned a black market that is jeopardizing the species, as it was wanred by wildlife officials. Given theRead more
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