RIVER HERRING IN THE NEWS

Joint Project Looks to Track Herring Population in Lagoon Pond The Vineyard Gazette April 1, 2021 By Maia Coleman On a brisk spring morning Tuesday, shellfish constables from Oak Bluffs and Vineyard Haven, town officials and DMF biologists and carpenters gathered at the mouth of the Richard Madeiras herring run in Lagoon Pond to installRead more

MRWC hosts virtual event on river herring The Daily News April 4, 2021 ANDOVER – Hundreds of thousands of herring will start making their way up the Merrimack River to their spawning grounds this month, an annual ritual that has become one of the success stories of the river’s revival. To mark the annual herringRead more

Shawme Pond Phragmites Removal Will Resume By TAO WOOLFE Apr 9, 2021 The Sandwich Enterprise Wetlands Scientist Norman W. Hayes, along with machete-bearing volunteers, will again battle the phragmites overtaking Shawme Pond. The Sandwich Conservation Commission on Wednesday night, April 7, considered—and approved—Mr. Hayes’s application to continue efforts begun in 2019 to remove the invasiveRead more

Weymouth makes a safer swim for river herring Ed Baker Wicked Local The annual migration of the river herring to Whitman’s Pond through Jackson Square is underway and will be safer because of upgrades made in the channel last year. WEYMOUTH- The river herring’s annual migration to Whitman’s Pond is underway, and residents can watchRead more

Ocean State Says Goodbye to Its Beloved ‘Herring Man’ April 18, 2021 ecoRI By FRANK CARINI/ecoRI News staff Paul Bettencourt was called a lot of things, most notably “The Herring Man” and “The Baitman.” The latter appears one word into his obituary. The well-loved and well-respected lifelong Rhode Islander passed away April 10 at hisRead more

Weymouth conservation project a win for herring Jessica Trufant The Patriot Ledger April 21, 2021 WEYMOUTH – George Loring, the man in town making sure the river herring population stays healthy, said he has worried every year about a gate meant to keep the fish out of a flood control conduit in Jackson Square. InRead more

Announcing the 25th Annual Mystic Herring Run and Paddle by Record Staff April 22, 2021 Chelsea Record Come run with the herring- literally! Join the Mystic River Watershed Association (MyRWA) from May 9-25 to celebrate the annual return of the herring. Each spring over 700,000 herring swim from Boston Harbor to the Mystic Lakes–the HerringRead more

Counting Herring Mashpee Volunteers Resume Conservation Of Species As Old As Time By RYAN SPENCER Apr 23, 2021 The Mashpee Enterprise A loon surfaced intermittently a few feet off the southern shore of Santuit Pond as several ospreys—recently returned from an intercontinental migration—circled overhead or perched in still-leafless trees. To a voice memo app onRead more

See how they run: Grab a front row seat as herring migrate to Cape Cod spawning grounds Cape Cod Times April 26, 2021 Gregory Bryant Watch for the gulls. They gather to feast. Their prey — river herring — are on an epic, ancient journey to their birthplace to spawn and replenish their species. ButRead more