By Tim Barmann
One-thousand mature Alewives, also known as river herring, were placed into the Pawtuxet River by DEM Fish and Wildlife workers, with help from a ACI minimum security work detail. This type of fish would have been plentiful in the river before construction of dams prevented access. Alewives, similar to wild salmon, are hatched in fresh water and move into the ocean before returning once again to spawn in the place where they came to life.
Providence Journal / Andrew Dickerman
One-thousand mature Alewives, also known as river herring, were placed into the Pawtuxet River by DEM Fish and Wildlife workers, with help from a ACI minimum security work detail. This type of fish would have been plentiful in the river before construction of dams prevented access. Alewives, similar to wild salmon, are hatched in fresh water and move into the ocean before returning once again to spawn in the place where they came to life.