RIVER HERRING IN THE NEWS

Headway for herring at the Orleans run By Judy ScanlonPosted Nov 30, 2018 at 3:01 AMWith an estimated run size this year of over 28,000 herring, the Pilgrim Lake herring run in Orleans has regional significance as the second-largest river herring run in the Pleasant Bay watershed. River herring (alewife and blueback) are referred toRead more

Blockages gone, fish back in post-Sandy projects in 6 statesBy WAYNE PARRY | Associated Press SPRING LAKE, N.J. – Billions of dollars have been spent on the recovery from Superstorm Sandy to help people get their lives back together, but a little-noticed portion of that effort is quietly helping another population along the shoreline: fishRead more

River Projects Would Revive Flow Through Old BogsBy SAM HOUGHTON Nov 21, 2018Mashpee Enterprise Town Meeting in May could be asked to fund two ecological projects that aim to restore abandoned cranberry bogs to the free-flowing rivers that once teemed with native fish. Proponents of the two projects—Garner Bogs and the Upper Childs River RestorationRead more

Division of Marine Fisheries recently made an announcement about new non-criminal, criminal, and civil fines penalties for violating marine fishery laws and regulations. The text is below. You can view the official announcement at the DMF website: https://www.mass.gov/files/documents/2018/11/09/Fines%20and%20Penalties%20Advisory_110918.pdf A press release about the entire bill: https://www.mass.gov/news/governor-baker-signs-legislation-directing-24-billion-to-climate-change-adaptation Full language of the bill. Pages 67 &68 containRead more

Thank you to all who made the 2018 River Herring Network annual meeting a success! Sixty nine people attended representing 15 towns, 8 watershed & environmental organizations, 6 state agencies, 3 federal agencies, 1 County agency, 2 Sea Grant programs, & 3 academic institutions. We also had an AmeriCorps Cape Cod volunteer join us. ThankRead more

Lowell Sun Lowell earns Urban Wildlife Refuge honor, fundingBy Rick Sobey, rsobey@lowellsun.comUPDATED: 11/10/2018 11:04:43 PM EST LOWELL — Jane Calvin looked at the federal grant as that unattainable, dream job posting. She would apply for it, but never truly believe she would get it. “When I wrote this grant, I never imagined this would happen,”Read more

Study: No hurdles to Ipswich dam removalIpswich Chronicle By Sally Kuhn / Ipswich@wickedlocal.comPosted Nov 7, 2018 at 5:47 PMUpdated Nov 7, 2018 at 5:49 PM The downtown dam may go. A feasibility study on the removal of the Ipswich Mills Dam concludes that there are no technological or regulatory hurdles to taking down the dam.Read more