Lloyd Davis Trust

05/28/2013

Charlotte Henderson gave the group a tour of the Medomak Alewife fishery.

05/17/2012

The 2012 alewife run is underway in Waldoboro. Unfortunately due to the unusually high water level in the Medomak River, the installation of the counting net is impossible for the time being. It may take several days with no more rain to safely install the net. Stay tuned. Good numbers of fish seen in town lately.

03/27/2012

http://searunner.wordpress.com/2012/03/27/the-amazing-alewife/

The Alewife (Alosa pseudoharengus) or River Hering, is one of the most important anadromous fish in the coastal ecosystem. An anadromous fish is a fish that spends most of its life out in the oce...

10/27/2011

Progress on the other coast: http://photoblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/10/26/8500522-hole-blasted-in-condit-dam-to-restore-endangered-fish-habitat

No doubt conservation groups and recreation enthusiasts are celebrating the removal of these antiquated dams. AP and KGW report:

10/12/2011

Young alewives were on the move last week in Muscongus Brook.

09/07/2011

www.talkingfish.org/news/fishermen-and-conservationists-forced-to-federal-courts-for-river-herring-help

Roger Fleming is an attorney with Earthjustice. Roger has been working in fisheries law in New England and Washington, D.C. since 2001. He is an expert on the requirements of the Magnuson-Stevens Act (MSA) and related ocean conservation laws. He represents the fishermen and conservation organizatio...

08/05/2011

http://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/bsewell/its_time_to_save_our_threatene.html

Among all the awe-inspiring phenomena of the natural world, the immense spawning runs of alewife and blueback herring along the Atlantic Coast ranks highly. Not long ago, these platinum, big-eyed fish poured into estuaries and up rivers in such overwhelming...

06/01/2011

Clearing out Noyes brook!

05/31/2011

Out on Noyes Brook this morning scouting for alewife barriers. Found a few and cleared them out. The fish are making their way upstream!

05/26/2011

After being down for a few days due to high water levels, our counting station is back up and operational! Now is a great time to be a fish counter. If you'd like to sign up for a shift this week or next week, call Stewart at 832-5570.

05/23/2011

Coastal Studies for Girls took a trip to see the Medomak River alewife run last friday. LDT board members David Wilkins and Sam Chapman, and MCC member Stewart DesMeules spoke on the work that the trust is involved in, and about the biology of this amazing fish.