Links

Up to date information is vital to our success. We hope these links will help you!

Background:

  • Free facts and information about alewives from The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2008. Retrieved March 31, 2010 from Encyclopedia.com: View Site

  • “Fishes of the Gulf of Maine.” by Henry B. Bigelow and William C. Schroeder. Fishery Bulletin of the Fish and Wildlife Service, Volume 53: Bulletin 74. [Contribution No. 592, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution] UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE – Washington: 1953 —View Document

Up & Coming:

  • “How Policy, Politics, and Science Shaped a 25-Year Conflict over Alewife in the St. Croix River, New Brunswick-Maine,” 2009. Theodore V. Willis, Aquatic Systems Group, University of Southern Maine.View Document

  • Years ago, when Adam Campbell first moved to North Haven, he heard stories about folks like John Emerson and Foy Brown, who went down to the Damariscotta River to get alewives and brought them back across Penobscot Bay to try to jump-start a population of the anadromous or “sea-run” fish on the island. While those efforts were unsuccessful, Campbell didn’t forget about the alewives.View Article, The Working Waterfront

  • Alewives Need Equal Rights, Activist Says
    Naomi Shalit of Alna, an alewife advocate head of a group called Maine Rivers. At a recent meeting in Damariscotta, explained…Read Article, The Working Waterfront

Laws:

  • Maine State Law (§6121. Fishways in existing dams or artificial obstructions) which outlines the Department of Marine Resources Commissioner’s authority as it relates to existing dams or artificial obstructions and the examination of dams, initiation of fishway proceedings, adjudicatory proceedings, decisions, compliance, and privileged entry.Read The Law

  • Maine State Law (§12760. Fishways in dams and other artificial obstructions) which outlines the Inland Fisheries and Wildlife Commissioner’s authority as it relates to fishways in dams or artificial obstructions and the examination of dams, monitoring program, initiation of fishway proceedings, adjudicatory proceedings, decisions, compliance, and privileged entry. Read The Law
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