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. The workshop will begin with Brad Chase from the Division of Marine Fisheries speaking on the state laws that governRead more
RIVER HERRING IN THE NEWS
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 unseen force of nature. Today the once plentiful river herring are being considered for listing under the Endangered Species Act. TheRead 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 for humans on the Atlantic coast but this once abundant fish stock is now in severe decline coast wide. One indicatorRead 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. Two members of the Atlantic herring fleet spoke and maintained that they had a “clean” fishery and that they wereRead 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 efforts of watershed associations, recreational fishermen, herring wardens, environmental organizations, and river herring enthusiasts, the New England Marine Fisheries Management CouncilRead more
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 technical workshops for wardens and stakeholders, and to refine the best management practices with you all! To that end, you’ll beRead more
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