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County hears wide-ranging briefing on river herring restoration and fisheries management
Summary
Cape Cod Cooperative Extension specialists updated commissioners on river-herring stewardship across Barnstable County, GIS mapping of runs, Atlantic herring stock-assessment findings, bycatch concerns and the role of volunteer herring wardens; commissioners requested further briefings and possible hosting of the River Herring Network.
Abigail Archer (Speaker 8), an aquaculture specialist with Cape Cod Cooperative Extension, gave commissioners an extended briefing on river-herring (alewife and blueback) restoration work across Barnstable County and New England. Archer outlined the long tradition of town herring wardens, said there are about 40 herring runs in Barnstable County, and described a new GIS-based inventory developed with the Massachusetts Department of Transportation to identify culvert barriers and restoration priorities.
Archer summarized findings from a recently released Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission stock assessment…
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