The Alewives are swimming upstream! There is a fish ladder in Damariscotta/Newcastle where they bottleneck and you can get a good look at them as they ascend uphill. Yesterday was the first hot day of the spring and Karen, Alden and Darrell went to pay our regards to the swimmers.
The last time I saw the alewives migrate was about ten years ago. The fish ladder has developed a lot since then and there is even a campaign to develop it further. There's even a fish ladder celebration already in its fourth year. One of the best/worst developments is that they have put nets over the stream to keep predators from grabbing the fish, which makes photography difficult.
There are also a couple of basins on chains and motors that occasionally are activated and lucky fish get hefted upstream a ways.
The last time I saw the alewives migrate was about ten years ago. The fish ladder has developed a lot since then and there is even a campaign to develop it further. There's even a fish ladder celebration already in its fourth year. One of the best/worst developments is that they have put nets over the stream to keep predators from grabbing the fish, which makes photography difficult.
There are also a couple of basins on chains and motors that occasionally are activated and lucky fish get hefted upstream a ways.
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