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Picture of a young alewife herring and a penny to indicate size

Photo By/Credit

Katie Conrad/USFWS

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Image

The Maryland Department of Natural Resources found both species of river herring — alewives and blueback herring — above the former Bloede Dam site this spring. A young alewife from another location is pictured here. Katie Conrad/USFWS

Ecosystem

River/stream

Species

Alosa pseudoharengus

Subject tags

Fish migration

Fish passage

Fishes

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