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Alewife fishing - Alewives trapped in wire enclosure in a pond in the brook andare dipped into the unloading box as needed

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Description

Alewife fishing - Alewives trapped in wire enclosure in a pond in the brook andare dipped into the unloading box as needed. Farther south in their range,alewives are known as river herring.

Credit

NOAA Central Library Historical Fisheries Collection

Photographer

Bob Williams

Display Date

1968 April

Location

Virginia, Potomac River

Collection

Historic Fisheries

NOAA Affiliation

BCF