His family has harvested alewives at the same Maine stream for a century

His family has harvested alewives at the same Maine stream for a century

Thousands of alewives swim up the Nequasset Stream in Woolwich, Maine, from the sea each May, thrashing against the swift current, returning to the waters where they were born. The sleek, silver fish have undertaken the same mass migration, conquering the same rapids for the sake of their next generation, for millions of years. By comparison, Steve Bodge has only been harvesting alewives at Nequasset for 67 years, a mere blip in history but a sp…