March 23, 2012 – Alewives, one of two Atlantic river herring species, have started their inland spawning migration weeks ahead of their usual time.
"Based on the warm temperatures, we decided to start our volunteers early," said Jo Ann Muramoto, senior scientist at the Association to Preserve Cape Cod and a member of the River Herring Network who coordinates volunteer fish counters at the Cape's herring runs.
The Cape doesn't usually see significant numbers of herring inland until early to mid-April. But reports began coming into Muramoto last week of fish heading upstream in runs in Mashpee, North Falmouth, Bourne, Brewster, Orleans, Eastham and Wellfleet.
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