Anadromous fish such as alewives were native to the river before dams were built, two studies show. By Clinton B. Townsend Portland Press Herald op-ed J.R. Mabee, of the Grand Lake Stream Guides Association, once again raised the hoary and incorrect assertion that alewives were not historically present in the upper St. Croix River basin, Read More
Restoring Alewives in Maine Rivers
Throughout our history, NRCM has worked to support healthy fish populations returning to Maine’s rivers, and we’ve had big victories. With removal of the Edwards Dam in 1999 and the Fort Halifax Dam in 2008, more than two million alewives (river herring) now return to the Kennebec River each spring. The Penobscot River Restoration Project, completed in 2016, is also providing tremendous benefits for alewives and the full range of fish and wildlife in the Penobscot River and throughout the Gulf of Maine.
Humans Changed Behavior, and Alewives are Rebounding in Kennebec, Penobscot, St. Croix
By Lisa Pohlmann, Special to the BDN Bangor Daily News op-ed For the last few weeks sea-run fish known as alewives have been heading up Maine’s rivers to lay their eggs. Their journey is a breathtaking force of nature to behold, as they fight strong currents, heading upstream in droves. While probably hundreds of millions Read More
Return of Alewives on St. Croix River Celebrated
by John Holyoke, BDN staff Bangor Daily News news story BAILEYVILLE, Maine – For nearly 20 years, conservationists and, at times, state natural resource agencies, have sought to open the St. Croix River watershed to alewives. Those river herring had their passage at dam fishways officially blocked in 1995 due to concerns that their presence had Read More
Alewife Restoration Celebrated in Eastern Maine
Supporters are gathering today in Baileyville to mark the re-opening of the Grand Falls Dam fishway for the first time in about 20 years. by the Associated Press Portland Press Herald news story BAILEYVILLE â Alewife restoration on eastern Maine’s St. Croix River is being celebrated. Federal and state officials, tribal representatives, environmentalists and other Read More
St. Croix River Alewife Celebration
The St. Croix River Herring Homecoming was a commemorative event hosted by the Passamaquoddy Tribe on Wednesday, June 5, 2013 to mark the return of alewives to their traditional spawning habitat in the St. Croix River and to honor all of the tribes, federal agencies, and non‐governmental organizations who have participated in the effort to make this Read More
Grand Falls Fishway Reopens, Ending Dispute Over Cross-border Fish
CTV news story http://atlantic.ctvnews.ca The Grand Falls fishway has reopened, ending a decades-old dispute between Canada and the United States. (CTV Atlantic) A rift between Canada and the United States was settled on Wednesday after an international agreement was signed, marking the reopening of a fishway. The fight was over a fish with two different Read More
Return of Alewives to St. Croix River Celebrated
by Susan Sharon MPBN news story There was a homecoming celebration on the St. Croix River in Baileyville today – for an ecologically and culturally significant species of fish. Alewives were almost completely driven out of the waterway that borders Maine and Canada, where fishing guides have long viewed the native fish as a threat Read More
Sebasticook to the Sea: Alewives’ Perilous Lives Crucial to Ecosystem, Economy
Matt Hongoltz-Hetling, MaineTodayMedia staff Morning Sentinel news story BENTON — Alewives are little fish with a big story. Each year, billions of the silver fish hatch out of eggs in the cool waters of the Sebasticook River and embark on a dangerous journey to the sea and back again. Those that return must make it Read More
Outdoors: Alewives Return in Numbers
Dave Sartwell, outdoor writer Gloucester Times This could be a banner year for the return of alewives to the North Shore. Although we are still early in the run, all indications are that the work being done by a host of different governmental agencies and volunteer organizations and the restrictions being put in place on Read More
