Volunteer River Herring Monitoring at Beaver Dam Brook and Manomet Brook

First Fish Seen On May 1st!

Some fish have arrived! So far, five river herring have been seen at Bridge #2. Right now, that was the only sighting, but there's still the whole month to go as well. The lowest year to date (2018) had 16 herring sighted by May 2nd and a total of 38 by May 31st, so hopefully this year can exceed that and perhaps rival previous, higher years. It is exciting that there are river herring traveling through the system - keep collecting that data so we can have a valid population estimate at the end of the season. Happy May!

By Sara P. Grady
May 2, 2025