The alewife spawning season that begins this month across Long Island will be helped by several fish passages constructed over the past two years to provide the feeder fish access to spawning waters ...

Jaime Burns, left, and her father Steve Bodge harvest alewives on the Nequasset Stream in Woolwich. Bodge, 78, has been involved in the harvest in the same location since 1958. Photo by Troy R.

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Up and down the New England coast, nature lovers are flocking to rivers to witness an awe-inspiring spring ritual - thousands of little fish on a long voyage home. Nora Saks has this audio postcard ...

PLYMOUTH — The planned construction of a bypass channel would allow water to flow unimpeded into the historic Town Brook for the first time in centuries. The town plans to build the channel around the ...

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Bill Yeaman spotted the first ones Monday: a school of six silver-sided alewives, swimming in place in the greenish current of Rock Creek. The fish seemed unexcited. The man was electrified. "It was ...