Shawsheen Greenway to hold second annual Herring Count By Kelsey Bode kbode@andovertownsman.comApr 12, 2018 The Andover Townsman Online The herring are coming, the herring are coming! And it’s time to count their return to the Shawsheen River. The local conservation group Shawsheen Greenway is holding its second annual Herring Count starting on April 14, andRead more
RIVER HERRING IN THE NEWS
Volunteers clean up Weymouth Herring Run By Audrey CooneyThe Patriot LedgerPosted Apr 7, 2018 at 1:10 PMUpdated Apr 8, 2018 at 9:59 AM Around 50 people gathered to help clean up the Weymouth Herring Run on Saturday. Volunteers sipped donated coffee and hot chocolate during the chilly, damp morning before pulling on work gloves, grabbingRead more
Sennott Bog Purchase Tied To Cold Brook Restoration 04 April 2018By: William F. Galvin HARWICH — The Compact of Cape Cod Conservation Trusts, working with the Harwich Conservation Trust, has purchased the 7.9-acre cranberry bog along Bank Street formerly owned by John and Paula Sennott. The purchase is instrumental to the Harwich Conservation Trust’s ecologicalRead more
The March 7, 2018 workshop co-sponsored by the River Herring Network and the Middleborough-Lakeville Herring Fishery Commission was a success. We had 43 people attend representing 9 towns, 2 Counties, 6 watershed associations & environmental groups, 5 MA state agencies, and one RI agency (DEM). Thanks to the Lakeville Community Access Media, the entire workshopRead more
Volunteers sought for Weymouth Herring Run cleanupWicked Local Weymouth By Ed Bakerebaker@wickedlocal.com Posted Apr 3, 2018 at 2:15 PMUpdated Apr 3, 2018 at 2:15 PM The removal of a skatepark at Lovell Playground has diminished the amount of trash discarded in the Weymouth Herring Run by youngsters, but there is plenty of twigs and smallRead more
River herring running early in West GloucesterGloucester TimesBy Sean Horgan Staff WriterMar 31, 2018 Updated Apr 1, 2018 The last day of March broke sunny, blustery and cold on Saturday, but that didn’t deter about 30 volunteers from making the year’s first visit to the city’s alewife fishway in West Gloucester. It didn’t stop theRead more
Herring Commission co-hosts conference on Aquatic Invasive PlantsSouthCoast Today Posted Mar 23, 2018 at 4:23 PMUpdated Mar 23, 2018 at 4:23 PM LAKEVILLE — On March 7, the Middleborough-Lakeville Herring Fishery Commission and the River Herring Network, spearheaded by Abigail Archer of Woods Hole Sea Grant, jointly hosted a workshop on invasive aquatic plants atRead more
Request to help hurting herring will be on Lakeville warrant SouthCoast Today By Bill Abramson / Contributing WriterPosted Feb 23, 2018 at 6:34 PMUpdated Feb 23, 2018 at 6:34 PM LAKEVILLE — As invasive weeds clog their path, the herring population is hurting and their advocates are looking for some help. Representatives of the Middleborough-LakevilleRead more
River Herring Continue Their Steep Decline The Vineyard GazetteSteve MyrickTuesday, February 13, 2018 – 8:29pm Despite strict conservation measures, river herring are in deep trouble all along the Massachusetts coast including on the Vineyard, a summit-like gathering in Aquinnah concluded early this week. “We are absolutely at a historic low . . . There’s noRead more
Lost Tradition By Holly Taylor Roanokae-Chowan New Herald Published 11:16 am Tuesday, February 13, 2018 Over ten years ago, the Marine Fisheries Commission put a ban on herring fishing in North Carolina. According to North Carolina Wildlife Resource Commission (NCWRC) research, the herring population suffered a decline which they have yet to recover from. TheRead more
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