The sunlight bounces off the glassy surface of Sitka Sound as community herring fish egg harvesters navigate the waters with boats loaded with hemlock branches for the fish to lay eggs on.

What’s in a name? Alewife T station is named for Alewife Brook, which in turn is named for the alewife herring that used to come up from the ocean in massive numbers every year to spawn. Cambridge ...

Herring eggs on branches served at the home of the author’s cousin, Barbara Searls, in 2017. Photo by Frank Hopper At its root, the problem is a clash between two worldviews. The Alaska Department of ...

A lot of fish and marine mammals prey on herring, while a lot of plankton-eating fish eat herring eggs ... they are quite key in the ecosystem The belief that these fisheries were too large to ...

Mikey, 5, ran ahead of his sister, Morgan, 3, waving his arms and calling out in excitement as he leaned over the bubbling Herring Brook and spotted silvery fish moving beneath the water.