2023 Annual Meeting
2023 RHN Annual Meeting Agenda FINAL Nov 1
Grace Simpkins River herring Education Resources Nov 2023
Brad Chase DMF Update Nov-2023
Stephanie Berkman_DMF_EelShad_Nov 2023
APCC-Herring and Cyanobacteria-RHN 2023-Rev
River_herring_life cycle wheel directions
RiverHerringLifeWheel
2022 Annual Meeting
Agenda – 2022 RHN Annual Meeting Agenda – Lakeville – October 25
Brad Chase-Diadromous Project Updates-DMF-RHN Oct 2022
Colby-From stream to sea-physiological pop ecology juv alewife migration – RHN Oct 2022
River Herring Network 2022 – Meeting Resources
2022 Webinars
March 14th at 2:00
Eric Hutchins, NOAA Office of Habitat Restoration NOAA Infrastructure Funding for MA River Herring Network – March 2022
James Garner, Umass Amherst Ph.D student Introduction to eDNA 2022_RHN Webinar_eDNA_FINAL
Video recording of the webinar: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXWObfE3STE&t=29s
February 15th at 2:00 Brad Chase, MA Division of Marine Fisheries Update on Diadromous Project Activities Zoom Webinar
Slides: Brad Chase – Division of Marine Fisheries – RH Network Webinar Feb 2022
2021 Webinars
January 26 – The first ever River Herring Network webinar! This was not recorded, but if you have questions about the content please email Abigail Archer.
3:00 Welcome, Zoom orientation (A Archer)
Chris Rillahan, Umass Dartmouth, Characterizing river herring migratory behavior using high resolution acoustics
Q&A with Chris Rillahan
John Sheppard, Division of Marine Fisheries, DMF Diadromous Program activities in 2020
Q&A with John Sheppard
4:30 Adjourn
February 23, 2021
Counting and COVID – Volunteer Herring Counts During a Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic changed the way many towns and watershed groups approached their volunteer herring counts, with some choosing not to count and others modifying their protocols to increase social distancing and reduce potential exposure. Jo Ann Muramoto (APCC/MassBays), Sara Grady (NSRWA/MassBays), and Jon Honea (Andover/Emerson College) discussed how their groups handled counts in 2020, presented the results of the counts that occurred, and provided advice for safe counting in 2021 for those that choose to do so.
Counting and COVID – NSRWA
Counting River herring on the Shawsheen River
APCC-Cape Cod 2020 Herring Counts and Recommendations-Revised
2019 Annual Meeting
Thursday October 17, 2019
Andover Public Library
Agenda 10-17-19
Intro to Shawsheen River-B Meade
River herring Shawsheen R-J Honea
Fish passage on Merrimack -M Bailey
DMF Diadromous Update 2019 B Chase2019 RHN Annual Meeting
Video analysis juvenile rh – M Marjadi
Shifts in timing – M Staudinger
Gahagan_It’s A NUMBER!!!
2018 Annual Meeting
Thursday, October 18, 2018
Waquoit Congregational Church Parish Hall
2018 RHN Annual Meeting Final Agenda
Coonamesset River Falmouth – Restoration Monitoring Outreach – Deegan Buesseler Gladfelter
DMF Diadromous Fish Management Update – Brad Chase – 2018
Hot Herring – exploring the effects of temperature on juvenile river herring – Lian Guo
Invasive Water Chestnut-Lessons from Watershed Monitoring Managmenet -Allison Field-Juma-OARS
Breakout Discussion Notes – Recruitment of New Herring Wardens – Education – Outreach 2018
RHN Annual Meeting 2018 Photos
If you would like a copy of Chuck Martinsen’s slides about Falmouth runs, please email aarcher@barnstablecounty.org
2017 Annual Meeting
Thursday, November 2, 2017 9:00AM-3:00PM
Sandwich Town Hall
2017 RHN Annual Meeting -Revised Agenda
Sandwich Herring Run – David DeConto – Town Natural Resources Dept
DMF Diadromous Fish Management Update – Brad Chase – MA DMF
Electronic Counting – How to and Lessons Learned- Ben Gahagan-DMF
State-wide Regional and Coast wide status of river herring populations-John Sheppard-MA DMF
To view a copy of the presentation, “Juvenile River Herring in Lakes-Sampling Approaches for Evaluating Growth and Survival” by
Matthew Devine, University of Massachusetts Amherst & US Geological Survey MA Cooperative Fish & Wildlife Research Unit, please email aarcher@barnstablecounty.org
RHN Annual Meeting 2017 Photos
Thanks to Art Egerton, video of the meeting can be viewed at the Pembroke Town News YouTube Channel:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpluQAh3vQQ&list=PLfZWr9cbxCXO0j3lJqjC9j64nmwAtncvR
2016 Annual Meeting
Thursday, October 27, 2016 10:00AM-5:00PM
Buzzards Bay Coalition in New Bedford & Field Trip to Acushnet River Sawmill Park
River Herring Network 2016 Annual Meeting Agenda Oct 27-2016
Slides from the Meeting
River Herring Management Update 2016 – Sara Turner-DMF
Early life history of river herring from contrasting environments – Joel Llopiz-WHOI
Rollin on the River – river herring tracking on the Coonamessett River- Andrew Jones-WHOI
River Herring and Roads-Updates and Advice from MassDOT – T Dexter and A Bastoni
Nemasket River MA Sustainable Fishery Management Plan for River Herring
Stream Channel Maintenance for Diadromous Fish Runs-2016-Brad Chase
Stream Clearance guidelines-fisheries and wildife perspective – Steve Hurley – MADFW
Acushnet Sawmill Restoration – Sara da Silva Quintal – BB Coalition
Documents & Websites Discussed
Stream Channel Maintenance Protocols for Diadromous Fish Passage 2016 – MA DMF
MA Wildlife Climate Action Tool: https://climateactiontool.org/species/alewife?extents=
Photographs of 2016 Meeting
2016 River Herring Network Annual Meeting Photos
2015 Annual Meeting
Thursday, October 15, 2015 10:30AM-4:00PM
Pembroke Public Library & Field Trip to Historic Herring Run Park
2015 RHN Annual Meeting Agenda
Slides from the Meeting
River Herring and American Eel Management Update 2015 – Brad Chase DMF
Status and trends of river herring runs in MA – John Sheppard DMF
Cape Cod River Herring Counts 2007-2015 – Jo Ann Muramoto APCC and Mass Bays
Portside Sampling and River Herring Bycatch Avoidence – Brad Schondelmeier DMF
To view a copy of the presentation, “What’s happening in the lakes? River herring spawn timing & juvenile density, growth, and mortaility across 20 MA Lakes” by
Alison Roy, US Geological Survey MA Cooperative Fish & Wildlife Research Unit, please email aarcher@barnstablecounty.org
Pembroke Path of the Herring 2015 – Willard Boulter Pembroke Herring Fisheries Commission
Photographs of 2015 Meeting
2015 River Herring Network Annual Meeting Photos
2014 Annual Meeting
Thursday, October 30, 2014 11AM-4PM
Plymouth Public Library & Field Trip to Town Brook, Plymouth
Slides from the Meeting
2014 River Herring Management Update – Brad Chase, DMF
What we are Learning from River Herring Otoliths and Genetics- Sara Turner, NOAA Fisheries
MA DMF Video Monitoring for River Herring- Mike Bednarski and Ben Gahagan, MA DMF
Introduction to Panel Discussion about Stream Clearing – John Sheppard, MA DMF
Stream Vegetation and River Herring – Russ Cohen, MA DER
Photographs of the Meeting and Field Trip
Photographs
2013 Annual Meeting
Thursday, October 24, 2013, 2-5pm
Bourne Veteran’s Memorial Community Center – 239 Main St, Buzzards Bay, MA
Slides from the meeting
River Herring Management Update by DMF
River Herring Video Monitoring presentation by DMF
Sea Herring Bycatch Avoidance presentation by SMAST
Marine Fisheries Videos from the meeting
Mill River Herring Monitoring Video
Nemasket River Herring Monitoring Video
2012 Annual Meeting
Thursday, October 25, 2012, 2-5pm
Bourne Veteran’s Memorial Community Center – 239 Main St, Buzzards Bay, MA
Slides from the meeting
Endangered Species Listing Presentation
Achusnet River Restoration Presentation
NOAA 2013 Restoration Funding Presentation
RHN Brainstorm Notes- breakout session
River Herring Bycatch Avoidance Presentation
SMAST River Herring Bycatch Avoidance Program
2011 Annual Meeting
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Buzzard’s Bay Veteran’s Community Center