In a surprising discovery, researchers from the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University found a substantial number of anadromous Blueback Herring in New Jersey’s Cooper River. The fish, which ...

A genetic and demographic analysis of river herring populations along the U.S. east coast has identified distinct genetic stocks, providing crucial guidance for efforts to manage their declining ...

There was a time when the Housatonic River and all the state’s rivers that flow into the Long Island Sound teemed with migratory fish, including salmon, shad, striped bass, sturgeon, and river herring ...

correctionAn April 6 article about efforts to remove barriers to fish migration in Rock Creek and the Anacostia River misstated when the project is to begin. It is planned to start in the summer of ...

SOUTH KINGSTOWN – A seagull, standing on a rock in the Saugatucket River, waddled closer to the seam of foamy water swirling by. There, in the crashing shallows below the Main Street Dam, the gull ...

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:13:51 GMT — The state Department of Environmental Conservation is looking for fish counters. The agency needs volunteers for its annual herring monitoring program for the Hudson ...

There was a time when the Connecticut River and all the state’s rivers that flow into the Long Island Sound teemed with migratory fish, including salmon, shad, striped bass, sturgeon, and river ...

Exeter is preparing to celebrate one of its most cherished natural events — the return of river herring. The town’s Alewife Festival, an annual tradition, will take place Saturday, May 10, from 10 a.m ...