RIVER HERRING IN THE NEWS

TOWN BROOK: Herring running further upstream During this year’s run, which lasted 69 days, a combination of hand counting by volunteers and camera counts recorded 173,567 herring heading west in Town Brook. Wicked Local PlymouthBy Frank Mandfmand@wickedlocal.com Posted Aug. 4, 2015 at 10:00 AM PLYMOUTH – The yearly herring counts for Town Brook are inRead more

Easthampton’s fish ladder functional; Atlantic salmon, other species, spotted By DAN CROWLEYStaff WriterMonday, July 13, 2015(Published in print: Tuesday, July 14, 2015) EASTHAMPTON — After more than a decade of planning, four years of on-and-off construction and $1.35 million, the city’s much-hyped fish ladder is operating and ending its first year of shuttling aquatic speciesRead more

Herring Population at Mystic Lakes Dam Hits Three-Year HighNearly half a million river herring swam through the fish ladder fish ladder at Mystic Lakes Dam to spawn in 2015.By FRANK O’LAUGHLIN (Patch Staff)July 14, 2015 Photo Credit: MRWA Nearly half a million river herring swam through the fish ladder fish ladder at Mystic Lakes DamRead more

Sippican Week Alewives Anonymous reports dip in herring on Mattapoisett River ROCHESTER — A report put out from Alewives Anonymous shows an approximately 25 percent dip in herring on the Mattapoisett River from last year. The group has a long history of monitoring the herring, also known as alewives, and maintains counters on the MattapoisettRead more

Save the Date! The 5th Annual River Herring Network Meeting will take place on:  Thursday October 15th, 2015 This year the Pembroke Herring Fisheries Commission has offered to host the meeting.  It will take place at the Pembroke Public Library located at 142 Center St, Pembroke, MA 02359.A survey will be sent out soon asking for yourRead more

Gloucester to remove fish ladderGloucester Times Posted: Wednesday, June 10, 2015 9:07 amBy Ray Lamont Staff Writer When the city of Gloucester built its West Gloucester water treatment plant nearly 50 years ago, a narrow stream meandered through the property, carrying alewife, smelt and other fish up to Lily Pond to spawn.So the construction ofRead more

Herring Can Get it On in Bronx River for First Time in More Than 300 Years  DNA InfoBy Eddie Small | June 5, 2015 3:12pm | Updated June 8, 2015 8:51am@eddie_small THE BRONX — Alewife herring can get busy in the Bronx River for the first time since the 1600s. A newly installed fish ladder at the waterway’s 182ndRead more

Camera counts fish at Ipswich damWicked Local Ipswich By Lauren Bartlett Posted Jun. 6, 2015 at 7:29 PM IPSWICHLocated below the waters of the Ipswich River, the Ipswich River Watershed Association installed a camera to track the population of fish at the River Walk dam’s fish ladder.Each spring, the fish counting begins and this isRead more

Herring update in Orleans Staff photo by Doreen Leggett. A volunteer fills out the herring log. Doreen Leggett@dleggettCodder Wicked Local ChathamPosted May. 23, 2015 at 6:00 AM On an overcast and chilly Monday – with the stream low because the tide was out – no alewives made the trek past the counting station into PilgrimRead more

American eel remains one of nature’s mysteries Martha’s Vineyard Timesby Nelson Sigelman – May 20, 2015 A journey that began thousands of miles away from Martha’s Vineyard continued with a struggle just beyond an Island roadway. One week ago Monday, I joined a small group on the bank of Mill Brook, just below the agingRead more