by admin | Feb 19, 2015 | Frontpage Article
On January 27, 2015, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), issued a letter to Black Bear Hydro, LLC, the owner of the Ellsworth Dam Project on the Union River documenting the fish kill as a violation of its license. This license expires in 2017 and is...
by admin | Feb 19, 2015 | Frontpage Article
On January 21st, over 50 people, from over 16 organizations, participated in a day long workshop focused on the restoration of river herring – alewives, shad, blue-backs, and sardines – in eastern Maine. Held at the Maine Sea Coast Missions facility in...
by admin | Dec 12, 2014 | Frontpage Article
Photos courtesy of Kyle Winslow, Hatchery Manager at DSF’s East Machias Aquatic Resource Center
by admin | Dec 5, 2014 | Frontpage Article
A new fishway was recently completed at Pokey Dam on the East Machias River at the outlet of Crawford Lake. In the works for sometime, the state-of the-art fishway will allow over a million alewives to reach 4,500 acres of spawning habitat – and as many as one...
by admin | Dec 5, 2014 | Frontpage Article
“Living with fish: Doing it right In eastern Maine” Robin Alden is Executive Director of Penobscot East Resource Center, a non-profit organization she co-founded in 2003, located on the waterfront in Stonington, Maine. In May, 2012, Robin gave a TEDx talk...
by admin | Nov 24, 2014 | Frontpage Article
Penobscot East Resource Center in partnership with the University of Maine has brought a close to the fifth season of the Eastern Gulf of Maine Sentinel Survey Fishery. The project is designed to monitor groundfish recovery in the area from Penobscot Bay to the...
