Program measures how far herring make it up Plymouth’s Town Brook Wicked Local PlymouthOld Colony Memorial By Frank Mandfmand@wickedlocal.com Posted May 5, 2018 at 1:00 PM“How’s the water?” That was what a passerby humorously called out to a group from the town’s Department of Marine and Environmental Affairs that was splashing around in Town Brook.Read more
RIVER HERRING IN THE NEWS
Thousands Of Fish Churn Upstream At Pembroke’s Herring Brook PEMBROKE (CBS) – It’s a unique sight at a unique time of year as herring churn up the water, making their run in Massachusetts rivers, streams and ponds. Each spring they leave the ocean where they spend most of their lives, and move to freshwater toRead more
River herring return to Weymouth en masseMay 2, 2018Wicked Local WeymouthBy Weymouth News staff River herring, also known as alewives, returned to the Weymouth Herring Run in large numbers on Wednesday as temperatures rocketed into the 80′s. Thousands of herring were visible making their way towards the fish ladders in Jackson Square today. Herring preferRead more
Phase One Of Coonamessett River Restoration Project Completed By BRAD COLE May 1, 2018The Falmouth Enterprise The Coonamessett River restoration project marks a major milestone this Sunday, May 6. “Phase 1 will be completed when we cut the ribbon and walk across the new pedestrian walkway on Sunday,” said Elizabeth H. Gladfelter, lead coordinator forRead more
Herring run in full swing along South Shore Wicked Local NorwellMay 1, 2018 Herring are filling local streams and rivers during their annual migration from the sea. Like salmon, herring live in salt water but travel to fresh water to spawn. In Pembroke, Herring Brook is full of fish fighting their way upstream to theRead more
River herring return to Weymouth in droves Wicked Local Weymouth By Ed Bakerebaker@wickedlocal.com Posted Apr 25, 2018 at 3:13 PMUpdated May 1, 2018 at 11:11 AM The first wave of the river herring have migrated from the ocean through the Back River to spawn at Whitman’ s Pond, but it is anybody’s guess when theRead more
Tagging the humble herring on the Pawcatuck River The Providence Journal By Alex KuffnerJournal Staff Writer Posted Apr 24, 2018 at 9:15 PMUpdated Apr 24, 2018 at 10:46 PM Researchers begin to track the fish to measure the success of decades-long project to clear a path to spawning grounds in Worden Pond HOPKINTON, R.I. —Read more
Ten Mile River continues on a comeback course The Sun ChronicleBy George W. Rhodesgrhodes@thesunchronicle.comApril 20, 2018 Keith Gonsalves and a crew from the Ten Mile River Watershed Council pulled on some waders one day in 2016 and splashed about in the river near Larson Woods off Riverbank Road. They stuck an electrical shocking device inRead more
Fishy phenom: First Taunton Mill River herring run in two centuries caught on camera Taunton Gazette By Charles WinokoorTaunton Gazette Staff Reporter Posted Apr 20, 2018 at 10:44 AMUpdated Apr 21, 2018 at 9:42 AM TAUNTON — It took a week before a herring fish heading north from Mill River to Sabbatia Lake made itsRead more
World Fish Migration Day Celebration At Herring Run18 April 2018By: William F. Galvin The Cape Cod Chronicle WEST HARWICH — A lot of activity will be taking place around the town’s herring run, but the cold spring weather has slowed the migration of the anadromous fish moving into headwater ponds to spawn. “It’s been slowRead more
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