RIVER HERRING IN THE NEWS

Marshfield, Duxbury receive grants to remove two South River dams Wicked Local Marshfield By Kate WalshPosted Jul 25, 2018 at 9:37 AMUpdated Jul 25, 2018 at 9:37 AM Marshfield and Duxbury have received a grant totalling $12,000 for river and wetland restoration projects. The two towns plan to use the grant money to remove twoRead more

Herring River Project Receives $700,000 in State Funding July 11, 2018 WELLFLEET – The Baker Administration has announced funding for a number of river and wetland projects on the Cape, the Islands, and the South Shore. Nearly all of the money went to the Friends of Herring River, the group spearheading the Herring River EstuaryRead more

Sippican Week Herring count dips … again, local conservation group seeks answersBy Tyler A. McNeil | Jul 09, 2018 The number of river herring recorded in the Mattapoisett River is at a 13-year-low, according to a local herring preservation monitoring group. Alewives Anonymous in a letter sent out to the Rochester Board of Selectmen onRead more

USGS Fish Passage Research Helps Fish Get to Spawning GroundsUSGS Press Release Release Date: MAY 25, 2018 The Blackstone River in Rhode Island is where one of the Nation’s first fish passages was built back in 1714 to help fish navigate past manmade obstructions so they could complete their instinctual migration cycles. USGS researchers prepareRead more

Herring fish are now back in Horn PondDaily Times ChronicleMay 25, 2018 WOBURN – For the first time in generations, herring have returned to Horn Pond in Woburn. Since early May, river herring – ocean fish that return every year to fresh water – have been swimming up the rock spillway at Scalley Dam. TheyRead more

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Buzzards Bay Waters Offer Several Upper Cape Herring RunsMay 19, 2018CapeCod.com Courtesy of the Buzzards Bay Coalition. Carter Beal Conservation Area has a small footbridge across the Herring River at a fish ladder, where you might see river herring migrating upstream in spring on their way to Plymouth’s Great Herring Pond. BOURNE – The warmRead more