RIVER HERRING IN THE NEWS

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

So close, yet so far: River herring at Kingston dam can’t access Silver Lake Wicked Local KingstonBy Kathryn Galleranikgallerani@wickedlocal.com Posted May 11, 2018 at 10:00 AMIt’s the first time in at least 100 years that anyone has documented river herring bumping up against the Forge Pond Dam. KINGSTON – It’s the first time in atRead more

Cape Cod Chronicle Progress Made On Cold Brook Conceptual Design09 May 2018By: William F. Galvin HARWICH — Progress has been made on the conceptual design for the Cold Brook Ecological Project being worked out between the town and the Harwich Conservation Trust. But there remain a number of questions over financing and the actual amountRead more

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

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