All You Need To Know About Cape Cod Herring RunsMay 7, 2017 CapeCod.com For many Cape Cod residents, it’s not spring unless the herring are swimming up local rivers, en route to their summer spawning areas.These two species of fish, Alewives and Blueback Herring, swarm the Cape’s streams and rivers from hundreds of miles awayRead more
RIVER HERRING IN THE NEWS
Dana’s View: Cape Cod caviar Wicked Local Eastham By Dana Eldridge Back when, back in my youth, this time of year was when we could wake our taste buds to something very seasonal and very good. And not only was it very good but it was very easy to acquire. It was fishing but thereRead more
Middleboro Selectmen discuss whether and when to reopen Herring Run to non-commercial fishing By Jane Lopes/Contributing Writer SouthCoast TodayThursdayPosted Apr 13, 2017 at 2:01 AM MIDDLEBORO — Oliver Mill Park is officially the most popular outdoor area in town, given the 8,700 visitors to last weekend’s herring festival alone. But the anadromous little fish thatRead more
Herring may be big winner of Great Pond Dam repairs in BraintreeWicked Local Braintree By Bradford Randallbrandall@wickedlocal.com Repair work for the Great Pond Dam is now up for bid but river herring may be the biggest winners of the new repairs, which include a fish ladder for alewives to pass from Boston Harbor to theRead more
From Millions To Dozens: Tough Times For River Herring In Connecticut RiverWNPRBy PATRICK SKAHILL • APR 11, 2017 While showing signs of inland recovery in some areas, blueback herring and alewife are still a major focus for biologists and conservationists.A blueback herring. While showing signs of inland recovery in some areas, blueback herring and alewifeRead more
Upscale event — everything’s fishy at Middleboro herring festival By Shannon GallagherThe Enterprise MIDDLEBORO – Hundreds of herring passed through the Nemasket River on their upstream swim Sunday and as many people crowded the banks of the river to watch the fish swim by during the annual Herring Run Festival. More than 8,500 people visitedRead more
Weymouth gets help to replace span over Herring BrookBoston Globe By Johanna Seltz GLOBE CORRESPONDENT APRIL 06, 2017The town of Weymouth has received a $500,000 grant toward replacing its Commercial Street Bridge over Herring Brook in Jackson Square, a popular viewing spot to watch the herring migration each spring. Construction, which could start asRead more
Herring counters ready for spring migration By Lee RoscoeHARWICH — Harwich retiree Ken Whiting loves the difficulties of collecting herring data. “Dealing with the elements, it can be cold, rainy, wind off the pond is in your face; you’re straddling a piece of concrete between two bodies of water. It’s most difficult to count whenRead more
WESTLAW NEWS | Mon Mar 27, 2017 | 5:30pm EDTJudge revives herring endangered species petitionBy Barbara GrzincicThe National Marine Fisheries Service must reconsider whether the blueback herring should be listed as a threatened species under the U.S. Endangered Species Act, a federal judge ruled on Saturday in a win for a coalition of environmentalists ledRead more
‘Tis the season for River Herring Festivals and Events!Spring 2017 Saturday & Sunday, April 8 & 9 – Middleborough Festival at Oliver Mill ParkSunday, April 30th – Herring Run Bike Tour, Cape Cod CanalSaturday, May 6 – Plymouth Herring FestivalSunday, May 7 – Springtime Herring Exploration at the Mashpee River by Route 130Saturday, May 20Read more
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