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I’ve got some good news to share with you all.  The Massachusetts Bays Program has granted the River Herring Network another small grant for 2012 to continue building the website as a resource, providing technicalRead more

After years of wondering and worrying about river herring being caught as bycatch in the Atlantic herring fishery, we finally have the opportunity to DO something about it. Due in large part to the effortsRead more

On Monday, March 19 I attended the New England Marine Fisheries Management Council hearing on Amendment 5 in Fairhaven. I hitched a ride with the Cape Cod Commercial Hook Fishermen’s Association. About 100-120 people attended.Read more

Throughout Massachusetts nearly every coastal town has at least one river or stream that is, or has been a river herring run. Alewife and blueback herring (River Herring) have always been an important food source  forRead more

The annual herring migration is a natural wonder. For centuries, people have watched in awe as hundreds of thousands of herring journeyed from the ocean upstream to spawn in freshwater ponds, drawn by some unseenRead more

The River Herring Network invites herring wardens, herring counters, and herring enthusiasts to an evening workshop on Tuesday, June 12, 5:30-7pm  at the Bourne Veteran’s Memorial Community Center on 239 Main St in Buzzards Bay.Read more

We’ve all heard people say: “There’s plenty of other fish in the sea”, but while it may apply to the dating pool, we’ve found that it doesn’t tend to apply to actual fish. Take riverRead more

On June 12 the River Herring Network held its first evening workshop from 5:30-7:00PM at the Bourne Veterans Memorial Community Center in Buzzards Bay. The intent was to find a time when volunteer wardens whoRead more