WEBINAR AVAILABLE IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH | WEBINAR DISPONIBLE EN ESPAÑOL E INGLÉS

Manomet’s Sea Run Fisheries Monitoring Coordinator, Anne Zegers, will introduce you to river herring, a group of small, sea-run fish that play an outsized role in coastal ecosystems, then lead you on a brief tour of the history of river herring stewardship, with stops in Maine and Massachusetts, and discuss Manomet’s research into river herring stewards and stewardship.

How does stewardship vary from river to river?

• Who are river herring stewards and what motivates them?
• What structures support or hinder them?

Through a series of interviews with river herring stewards across the coast of Maine, Manomet and our partners at Colby College, the Maine Center for Coastal Fisheries, and the Gulf of Maine River Herring Network worked to investigate how much time and effort go into stewarding a run (and how much of that time and effort may go unrecognized).