RIVER HERRING IN THE NEWS

Study: No hurdles to Ipswich dam removalIpswich Chronicle By Sally Kuhn / Ipswich@wickedlocal.comPosted Nov 7, 2018 at 5:47 PMUpdated Nov 7, 2018 at 5:49 PM The downtown dam may go. A feasibility study on the removal of the Ipswich Mills Dam concludes that there are no technological or regulatory hurdles to taking down the dam.Read more

Mashpee River Records Highest Yearly Herring CountBy SAM HOUGHTONThe Mashpee EnterpriseSep 27, 2018 The Mashpee Conservation Department reported the highest number of herring counted in the Mashpee River since beginning the count in 2011. This year’s count resulted in a run of 372,000 herring in the river, up about 270,000 from last year. The second-highestRead more

The Bourne Enterprise Repairs Underway At Canal Herring RunBy MICHAEL J. RAUSCH Sep 2, 2018 People walking along the Cape Cod Canal by the Herring Run Rest Area may have noticed a fenced-off area with heavy construction equipment parked nearby. The Army Corps of Engineers said that repairs are underway to the concrete at aRead more

Marshfield, Duxbury receive grants to remove two South River dams Wicked Local Marshfield By Kate WalshPosted Jul 25, 2018 at 9:37 AMUpdated Jul 25, 2018 at 9:37 AM Marshfield and Duxbury have received a grant totalling $12,000 for river and wetland restoration projects. The two towns plan to use the grant money to remove twoRead more

Herring River Project Receives $700,000 in State Funding July 11, 2018 WELLFLEET – The Baker Administration has announced funding for a number of river and wetland projects on the Cape, the Islands, and the South Shore. Nearly all of the money went to the Friends of Herring River, the group spearheading the Herring River EstuaryRead more

Sippican Week Herring count dips … again, local conservation group seeks answersBy Tyler A. McNeil | Jul 09, 2018 The number of river herring recorded in the Mattapoisett River is at a 13-year-low, according to a local herring preservation monitoring group. Alewives Anonymous in a letter sent out to the Rochester Board of Selectmen onRead more

USGS Fish Passage Research Helps Fish Get to Spawning GroundsUSGS Press Release Release Date: MAY 25, 2018 The Blackstone River in Rhode Island is where one of the Nation’s first fish passages was built back in 1714 to help fish navigate past manmade obstructions so they could complete their instinctual migration cycles. USGS researchers prepareRead more

Herring fish are now back in Horn PondDaily Times ChronicleMay 25, 2018 WOBURN – For the first time in generations, herring have returned to Horn Pond in Woburn. Since early May, river herring – ocean fish that return every year to fresh water – have been swimming up the rock spillway at Scalley Dam. TheyRead more

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Buzzards Bay Waters Offer Several Upper Cape Herring RunsMay 19, 2018CapeCod.com Courtesy of the Buzzards Bay Coalition. Carter Beal Conservation Area has a small footbridge across the Herring River at a fish ladder, where you might see river herring migrating upstream in spring on their way to Plymouth’s Great Herring Pond. BOURNE – The warmRead more