Alewife run on midcoast Maine was significantly lower this year

Alewife run on midcoast Maine was significantly lower this year

This year’s April showers brought May flowers and a poor alewife yield in Lincoln County. Due to cold weather and high water volume, town officials said this year’s alewife run was significantly lower than usual at Damariscotta Mills and Bristol. Starting in the late 1700s, overfishing and the use of dams caused alewife populations to decrease across Maine for more than two centuries, according to the Maine Forest and Logging Museum and the Cons…