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alewife: see herring herring, common name for members of the large, widely distributed family Clupeidae, comprising many species of marine and fresh-water food fishes, including the sardine (Sardinia), the menhaden (Brevoortia), and the shad (Alosa). ..... Click the link for more information. . alewifeImportant North American food fish (Pomolobus, or Alosa, pseudoharengus) of the herring family. The alewife grows to about 1 ft (30 cm). Most populations spend several years along North America's Atlantic coast before ascending freshwater streams to spawn each spring in ponds or sluggish rivers. |
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The yearly stocking of
Lake Michigan with hatchery-born salmon solved the alewife problem and
created a sport fishing paradise. For instance, within months after the 1999 destruction of
the 7-m-tall Edwards Dam on the Kennebec River near Augusta, Maine,
people sighted striped bass, alewife, Atlantic salmon, and Atlantic
sturgeon upstream of the dam site. Route 128 via Route 2: Exit Route 128 onto Route 2 east toward
Arlington/Cambridge and Alewife. |
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