RIVER HERRING IN THE NEWS

Herring migration on the rise in Mystic Lakes Boston GlobeBy Alyssa Meyers GLOBE CORRESPONDENT AUGUST 09, 2017 An estimated 630,000 herring migrated through a fish ladder installed at the Mystic Dam this year, marking one of the largest herring migration groups in Massachusetts history, the Mystic River Watershed Association said. The number of river herringRead more

Herring count up this year at three local runs The Patriot Ledger Posted Aug 8, 2017 at 6:45 AMUpdated Aug 8, 2017 at 9:24 AM Volunteers for the North and South Rivers Watershed Association counted 11,341 fish during this spring’s spawning run on the Third Herring Brook in Norwell and Hanover, Herring Brook in PembrokeRead more

Increasing eel demand encourages poaching and black market FIS Fish Information & Services World News fis.com/worldnews UNITED STATESTuesday, August 08, 2017, 02:00 (GMT + 9) The big demand and high prices reached by baby eels (elvers) have spawned a black market that is jeopardizing the species, as it was wanred by wildlife officials. Given theRead more

15 year effort to restore Town Brook gets $1.5 million push Wicked Local Plymouth By Frank Mandfmand@wickedlocal.com Posted Jul 27, 2017 at 1:00 PMIt’s easy to be complacent about the 15-year effort to restore historic Town Brook to its pre-industrial vitality. PLYMOUTH – It’s easy to be complacent about the 15-year effort to restore historicRead more

Sensors count herring hatchlings at Brewster run By Rich Eldred reldred@wickedlocal.comPosted Jul 29, 2017 at 6:31 AM BREWSTER — No longer can little herring sneak out to sea anonymously. Facial recognition is being applied at the Stony Brook herring run in Brewster. Actually, you can’t see the smiling faces of happy herring as they flyRead more

Photo Gallery: Video system installed at Brewster herring runCape Cod TimesJuly 26, 2017 A video monitoring system was installed at the Stony Brook Herring Run Tuesday afternoon to count juvenile herring. Experimental software technology is being used to count the juvenile herring. Christopher George, an Association to Preserve Cape Cod intern, is doing the projectRead more

Sandwich’s Longtime Natural Resources Chief DepartsBy TAO WOOLFE Jul 21, 2017 The Sandwich Enterprise Mark S. Galkowski, conservationist, hunter, sailor, storyteller, teacher, and longtime town employee, will never escape his most famous act: reintroducing wild turkeys to Cape Cod. “Now they’re the rats of Cape Cod,” said Town Manager George H. (Bud) Dunham, who couldRead more

Maine’s river herring making dramatic comeback, a godsend for the food chainWith the path to inland spawning grounds clear, the species rebounds with unexpected speed, benefiting everything from bald eagles to Atlantic cod. Portland Press HeraldJuly 16, 2017 BY COLIN WOODARDSTAFF WRITER BATH — Motorists crossing the bridge over the Kennebec this spring and earlyRead more

Mysteries of Mill Brook Are Subject for Intense StudyAlex ElvinThursday, June 22, 2017 The Vineyard Gazette On a bright afternoon last week, Bill Wilcox stood on a dirt road in Chilmark and peered through the foliage at a shallow impoundment near the headwaters of the Mill Brook. A few frogs could be heard croaking inRead more

The ‘Rewilding’ of a Century-Old Cranberry BogJuly 4, 2017New York TimesBy Jess Bidgood PLYMOUTH, Mass. — The alewife, a type of river herring, wriggled against the current, a 10-inch streak that disappeared from view as it rounded a bend in the stream. It was a normal springtime pilgrimage for the fish, which lives in theRead more