SubscribeGood afternoon Governor LePage and Commissioners Olsen and Woodcock –
Yesterday I was speaking with Jeffrey Pierce, Executive Director of the Alewife Harvesters of Maine.
We work closely together on issues associated with the management of river herring species through the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission.
He explained that he had met with all of you [...]
Category: St. Croix
SUSTAINABLE FISHERIES COALITION
Many Years Of Dam Disputes
Landis Hudson – Maine Rivers writes with some interesting history.
Hall et al 2010[1] Landscape Ecology
— Carolyn Hall doesn’t get much into the St Croix, but she mentions research done by a Canadian researcher, Heike Lotze. I got Lotze’s work and read it over the summer, she’s going to scan and send me a 2000 [...]
Atlantic Salmon Federation
St. Andrews, NB… A meeting of the International Joint Commission (IJC) St. Croix River Watershed Board, held June 29, was very disappointing to a coalition of 50 organizations. The coalition petitioned the IJC two years ago to open up the Grand Falls fishway to allow native alewives access to a majority of their historic [...]
Alewife Border Dispute and St Croix
Interesting article and alewife history video of ST. Croix. Presented by CBC Canada website.
Read Article and watch video
St. Croix Gains More Support
By this letter, Friends of Merrymeeting Bay [FOMB] request you invoke your authority as Regional EPA Administrator to review the changes in Maine water quality standards and designated uses of the St. Croix River made by te Maine Legislature in 1995 and 2008. FOMB request you determine if these changes are in compliance with the [...]
Alewife Harvesters Respond to US Army Corps Of Engineers On St. Croix
In response to the International Joint Commission’s Adaptive Management Plan dated, June 9, 2010,; The Alewife Harvesters of Maine feel the socio-economic gains to be had from a restored Alewife population will far outweigh those of maintaining the system as a Bass only fishery……
Click Here To Download Full Response Word Doc.
Click Here To Read Online
St. Croix River, Meeting August 4th, Your Comments needed Now!
Enclosed for your review is a proposal entitled “An Adaptive Management Plan For Managing Alewife in the St. Croix River Watershed, Maine, and New Brunswick”
This plan was prepared by the St. Croix Fisheries Steering Committee for the International St. Croix River Watershed Board (Board) and the International Joint Commision (IJC).
Adaptive Management Cover Letter to Jeffrey [...]
St. Croix Update
Folks,
It has been a year since the Atlantic Salmon Federation, Maine Rivers, and the Natural Resources Council of Maine filed our petition with the International Joint Commission (IJC) seeking re-establishment of fish passage for native alewives (gaspereau) in the St. Croix River watershed.
We were supported by 48 additional organizations from Maine and New Brunswick. We [...]
Groups Call For Action To Open St. Croix River To Alewives
50 U.S. and Canadian Groups Petition International Body
McAdam, New Brunswick, Canada—Fifty organizations from the United States and Canada have called upon the International Joint Commission (IJC) to require that the St. Croix river be opened up for passage of alewives (river herring). The lead groups in this effort are the Atlantic Salmon Federation (ASF) (based [...]