Information about the Alewife (Alosa pseudoharengus)
BIOLOGICAL INFORMATION
Fact sheet on Alewives in Maine from the Maine Department of Marine
Resources
http://www.state.me.us/dmr/rm/alewifefactsheet.htm
Biological description of alewives, American shad and blueback herring
http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/habitat/habitatprotection/anadromousfish_descriptions.htm
http://www.mcz.harvard.edu/Departments/Fish/ma_fish/ma_clup.htm
UNDERWATER PHOTOS of Alewives and related species
Underwater photos of the Damariscotta River alewife run from the Gulf
of Maine Aquarium website
http://octopus.gma.org/undersea_landscapes/alewives/
State of Virginia ShadCam -- watch real-time video of sea-run fish as
they go through a fishway !!!
http://www.dgif.state.va.us/fishing/shad/
CITIZEN EFFORTS TO RESTORE ALEWIVES and other SEA-RUN FISH
Restoration efforts on the Parker River, Massachusetts
http://www.parker-river.org/WhatWeDo/Programs/fish/
http://www.nefsc.nmfs.gov/press_release/parkerriverfact.pdf
Restoration efforts on the Saugus River, Massachusetts
http://www.saugusriver.org/fish-spotter-winter-2002.htm
Restoration efforts on the Ipswich River, Massachusetts
http://www.ipswichriver.org/fish.count.results.2001.html
Restoration efforts on the Narrow River, Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island
http://www.uri.edu/artsci/jor/TheSource/fish.htm
Restoration efforts on the Neuse River, North Carolina
http://www.nc-es.fws.gov/coastal/damremove.html
Restoration efforts on the Anacostia and Potomac River watersheds
http://natzoo.si.edu/News/fishlift.htm
Restoration efforts on the Susquehanna River and Chesapeake Bay
http://www.nativefish.org/Articles/Migratory-Fish-Restoration.htm
TECHNICAL INFORMATION
Role of Alewives and river herring in coastal stream restoration (pdf)
www.chesapeakebay.net/pubs/subcommittee/
lrsc/doc-08-09-01_anad_fish_paper.PDF
1999 Status Report on the Health of Atlantic Coast River Herring Stocks
(pdf)
http://www.asmfc.org/Programs/Fish%20Mgnt/FMP%20Reviews/
99%20Shad%20FMP%20review.pdf
Alewives as a food source for bald eagles
http://www.fs.fed.us/database/feis/animals/bird/hale/biological_data_and_habitat_requirements.html
Life History and Habitat Requirements of Alewives and Blueback herring
(pdf)
http://www.nwrc.usgs.gov/wdb/pub/0163.pdf