Lobstermen and environmentalists are trying to harness the dramatic comeback of the spring alewife to ease their summertime bait problems. Two lobstering co-ops in Tenants Harbor and Port Clyde are ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. BENTON — Alewives are little fish with a big story. Each year, billions of ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. Alewife harvests from Nequasset Creek in Woolwich have been ongoing at this ...

SLOCUM TWP. — A diminutive bait fish is to blame for the decline of huge bluegills in Lily Lake. As far as the impact to other species in the lake, the verdict is still out. Alewives have become ...

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.