Thank you to all who made the 2017 River Herring Network annual meeting a success! Seventy three (73) people attended the 7th annual meeting on November 2, 2017 at the Sandwich Town Hall. Participants represented 21 towns, 9 environmental organizations, 5 state and federal agencies, 1 County agency, & 2 academic institutions. We also hadRead more
RIVER HERRING IN THE NEWS
Coonamessett River restoration project underway Cape Cod TimesBy Christine Legere Posted Oct 30, 2017 at 8:18 PMUpdated Oct 31, 2017 at 1:32 PM Four centuries of human impacts to the lower Coonamessett River will be reversed as part of a massive effort to restore the river’s natural course. EAST FALMOUTH — Four centuries of humanRead more
Click to download a pdf of the agenda:2017 RHN Annual Meeting -Revised Agenda The 7th Annual Meeting of the River Herring Network will take place on Thursday, November 2 from 9:30AM-3:00PM at the Sandwich Town Hall on 130 Main St. Sandwich 02563. Registration is FREE thanks to support from the MA Division of Marine Fisheries,Read more
This project will make the herring happy in East Bridgewater By Shannon GallagherThe Enterprise Posted Oct 16, 2017 at 7:21 PMUpdated Oct 18, 2017 at 12:04 PM EAST BRIDGEWATER – The herring will soon run free through East Bridgewater, thanks to a collaborative dam removal project. Representatives from state, federal, local and environmental advocacy organizationsRead more
Herring River restoration may begin in 2021 Provincetown BannerBy Teresa Parker / Banner CorrespondentPosted at 11:27 AM WELLFLEET — The Herring River Restoration Committee will soon apply for permits for the first phase of the estuary’s restoration, planners told the Herring River Executive Council on Sept. 25. They expect to go before the Cape CodRead more
Mashpee Receives Grant Toward Santuit ImprovementsBy SAM HOUGHTON Sep 20, 2017 The Mashpee Enterprise Good news has arrived for herring and the new brook trout recently reintroduced to the Santuit River. The Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs, in conjunction with Climate Week, announced late last week that Mashpee is the recipient ofRead more
The Wanderer 2017 Alewives Anonymous Herring Countson September 10, 2017 The results of the 2017 alewives (herring) migration as recorded by an electronic fish counter on the Mattapoisett River at Snipatuit Pond and the Sippican River at Leonard’s Pond in Rochester have been completed.This year’s count of herring in the Mattapoisett River was 14,938. 2017Read more
Several news stories and radio programs announced yesterday and today that the National Marine Fisheries Service will initiate a review of alewife and blueback herring under the Endangered Species Act. The document with all the details – the August 15, 2017 edition of the Federal Register – can be downloaded from the link below. FederalRead more
River herring, hurt by dams and climate change, believed to be at only 3% of historical numbers They could potentially be listed as ‘threatened’ or ‘endangered’ by 2019. BY PATRICK WHITTLE ASSOCIATED PRESS The federal government is reviewing the status of two river herring species to see if the little fish should be listed underRead more
Hunters Pond Dam dam removal paves way for improvements By Ruth Thompsonrthompson@wickedlocal.comWicked Local Scituate Posted Sep 1, 2017 at 3:45 AMA road paving project in North Scituate has led to the removal of an antiquated dam, thus improving the area ecosystem benefitting a variety of migratory fish including river herring, American eel, and rainbow smeltRead more
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