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Looking Out for Maine’s Sea-Run Fish The alewives are here, some places— Alewives at Damariscotta Mills on May 8 (Photo: Ethan Andrews) by Ethan Andrews select A “nature-like fishway” in Saco (photo courtesy U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service) At Benton Falls on the Sebasticook River, a channel leads fish from the elevator to the upstream side of the dam. (Photo: Ethan Andrews) 2 3 A notice posted in March to the Damariscotta Mills Fish Ladder Restoration website announced the cancelation of this year’s alewife festiv...

Maine’s shellfish fisheries webinar to air March 18 The second program in the series, “What’s changing on the mudflats?: Collecting knowledge and data about changing clam flats,” will air at 2 p.m. Thursday, March 18. Share University of Maine Darling Marine Center researchers conducted shellfish population surveys in the Damariscotta River estuary in partnership with the Damariscotta-Newcastle Joint Shellfish Committee in 2019, an example of methods used to understand the status of wild shellfish populations. Courtesy  Jess Stumper Shellfish Focus Day of the Maine Fishermen’s Fo...