Great Works Dam / Woodland Dam / Edwards Dam / Fort Halifax Dam / Grand Falls Dam / /
IndustryTerm
important food source / alewife law / food / /
NaturalFeature
Penobscot River / Croix estuary / Kennebec / Kennebec River / River Herring / Spednic Lake / Maine rivers / Croix River / Sebasticook River / Gulf of Maine / /
Organization
National Marine Fisheries Service / federal government / Natural Resources Council of Maine / Maine Lobsterman’s Association / Maine Legislature / Environmental Protection Agency / U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service / /
St. Croix Alewives: Native Fish in Peril The size of alewife population in the St. Croix River has dropped precipitously, to an alarming level. Alewives, native to the state, are vital to Maine’s ocean groundfisheries