RIVER HERRING IN THE NEWS

The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) is holding a hearing on Tuesday April 23 from 6-8PM at the Bourne Public Library Meeting Room (19 Sandwich Road) to take public comment on a draft addendum to the Interstate Fishery Management Plan for the American Eel. The 2012 Benchmark Stock Assessment found that the American eelRead more

As of March 15, 2013, there is still no word yet from the National Marine Fisheries Service about listing alewife and blueback herring as threatened under the Endangered Species Act. The link below takes you to a NMFS page where all the ESA related documents can be found. http://www.nero.noaa.gov/Protected/riverherring/ Here’s the quick background: On AugustRead more

Second Annual Meeting of the Massachusetts River Herring Network Thursday October 25 2:00PM-5:00PM Bourne Veteran’s Memorial Community Center, 239 Main St. Buzzards Bay, MA   AGENDA Welcome & Introductions   River Herring and the Endangered Species Act Sarah Laporte, NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service, Protected Resources Division   The Acushnet River restoration project: A testRead more

The second annual meeting of the River Herring Network was held on October 25, 2012 in Buzzards Bay. Attendance was high with 41 people representing 16 towns, two state agencies (DMF and Division of Fisheries and Wildlife), the federal agency NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service, and 8 non-profit organizations. Two representatives of the Massachusetts BaysRead more

RHN September 2012 Workshop Summary On September 13 from 5:30-7:00PM the River Herring Network held its second workshop at the Bourne Veterans Memorial Community Center in Buzzards Bay. Seventeen people attended including seven wardens representing six different towns. Volunteer herring counters, members of fishing and watershed associations and two MA Division of Marine Fisheries staffRead more

River Herring Bycatch in the Atlantic Herring Fishery will be discussed at the next New England Fishery Management Council meeting on September 26, 2012 in Plymouth On Wednesday, September 26 at 10:45AM in Plymouth the New England Fishery Management Council will be discussing the issue of river herring bycatch in the Atlantic Herring Fishery. TheRead more

River Herring Network – Late Summer Workshop Thursday September 13, 2012 5:30-7:30PM Bourne Veteran’s Memorial Community Center – 239 Main St. Buzzards Bay AGENDA 5:30PM Welcome, Introductions, and Updates 5:45PM How to Create a River Herring Sustainable Fishery Plan Brad Chase, MA Division of Marine Fisheries will explain the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s 2009Read more

After Labor Day and the mass exodus of people from Cape Cod, the juvenile river herring, also known as fry start their downstream journey from the ponds they have called home for the past 2 or 3 months to salt marsh embayments and then eventually to the open ocean. As Wellfleet’s Herring Warden, I startRead more

On June 12 the River Herring Network held its first evening workshop from 5:30-7:00PM at the Bourne Veterans Memorial Community Center in Buzzards Bay. The intent was to find a time when volunteer wardens who are employed in other fields could attend after their 9-5 workday. Fourteen wardens attended representing eight different towns, along with severalRead more

We’ve all heard people say: “There’s plenty of other fish in the sea”, but while it may apply to the dating pool, we’ve found that it doesn’t tend to apply to actual fish. Take river herring, the fish whose lifestyle carries them between our rivers and the ocean each year. Less than one percent ofRead more