Jaime Burns, left, and her father Steve Bodge harvest alewives on the Nequasset Stream in Woolwich. Bodge, 78, has been involved in the harvest in the same location since 1958. Photo by Troy R.
One of the most exciting rites of spring is the alewife run, an annual event where throngs of fish race upstream from the ocean to inland water bodies on a reproductive journey. These “river herring,” ...