Presentation from 2008 Wellfleet Harbor Conference

1. The Life History and Management of Alewife ( Alosa pseudoharengus ) Abigail Franklin, University of Massachusetts, Amherst Department of Natural Resources Conservation

3. Anadromous and Catadromous Species Atlantic Salmon American Shad Alewife Blueback Herring Sea Lamprey Atlantic Sturgeon Shortnose Sturgeon Sea-run Brown Trout Sea-run Brook Trout White Perch Rainbow Smelt Striped Bass American Eel Hickory Shad Gizzard Shad Alabama Shad Skipjack Herring

4. Alewife Blueback Herring White Perch Striped Bass American Eel Anadromous and Catadromous Species of Wellfleet

5. Range of Alewife (Alosa pseudoharengus)

6. Alewife ( Alosa pseudoharengus) Ocean Estuary River Upstream spawning migration to natal river Downstream migration Spawning in ponds

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10. Where do they go in the ocean? Summer and Fall Gulf of Maine

11. Where do they go in the ocean? Winter

12. Where do they go in the ocean?

14. How do they switch from salt to freshwater? Gills Gill filaments Chloride cell

17. Pounds of River Herring Landed 1950-2004 River Intercept Fisheries Data from National Marine Fisheries Service Population Status

18. Who cares if herring populations are declining? So what?

19. Who cares if herring populations are declining? So what? People Zooplankton Atlantic cod Bluefish Striped Bass eat eat eat Blueback Herring Alewife eat eat eat

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21. Who cares if herring populations are declining? So what?

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27. Goal: create appropriate slope and water velocity to allow fish to pass with minimum amount of stress, injury, delay, and mortality Technical Fishways Pool and weir Denil Steeppass

29. Town Brook, Plymouth

31. Town Brook, Plymouth Billington St. Dam 2002

32. Billington St. Dam 2002 Town Brook, Plymouth

33. Town Brook, Plymouth Nature-like Fishway

34. Town Brook, Plymouth Length: 30m Slope: 1:20 Width: 7-8m

35. A1 Off Billington St. Dam Pool & weir Fishway A6 A8 A5 A4 A7 A2 A3 Town Brook Pond Release Site ~1 km downstream Nature-like Fishway Flow Antenna Layout – Town Brook

37. Town Brook, Plymouth Off Billington St. Dam = 96 =6

38. Town Brook Off Billington Dam, Plymouth How many attempts did they make to pass? How long did they stay below the dam on the first attempt?

40. Ocean intercept fishery CHOIR Coalition

41. CHOIR Coalition

42. CHOIR Coalition

46. What impacts river herring populations in the Herring River? Delay Water Quality

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