[SEMCO] Alewives' Tale Talk & Tour at CCMNH

[Teresa Izzo]

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PRESS RELEASE

FOR IMMEDIATE 
RELEASE 
FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT:
March 24, 
2015 
Teresa Izzo   508-896-3867, ext. 137
                                                                                            tizzo at ccmnh.org



The Cape Cod Museum of Natural History presents
   Barbara Brennessel, Author of “The Alewives’ Tale”
Talk & Tour


BREWSTER, MA.­The Cape Cod Museum of Natural 
History in Brewster, MA is proud to present 
biologist Barbara Brennessel, author of The 
Alewives’ Tale,  Monday, April 20, 2015 at 1pm 
followed by a tour to view the herring run at The Stony Brook Grist Mill.

While on vacation in 1980 Barbara and her family 
came across an amazing sight: hundreds of small 
silver fish migrating from the Atlantic Ocean, 
across a channel connecting two ponds in the town 
of Wellfleet. She later learned that these tiny 
river herring were important for the ecology and 
economy of the region and that volunteers were 
counting fewer and fewer fish migrating each 
year. The Alewives' Tale describes the plight of 
alewives and blueback herring, two fish species 
that have similar life histories and are 
difficult to distinguish by sight. Collectively 
referred to as river herring, they have been 
economically important since colonial times as 
food, fertilizer, and bait. In recent years they 
have attracted much attention from 
environmentalists, especially as attempts are 
being made, on and beyond Cape Cod, to restore 
the rivers, streams, ponds, lakes, and estuaries 
that are crucial for their reproduction and survival.

Brennessel provides an overview of the biology of 
the fish--from fertilized eggs to large schools 
of adults that migrate in the Atlantic 
Ocean--while describing the habitats at different 
stages of their life history.   There will be a 
Q&A and book signing followed by a tour of the 
Stony Brook Grist Mill herring run.

Free with Museum Admission
For more information please call: 508-896-3867, xt. 133

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Teresa Izzo
Program Coordinator
Cape Cod Museum of Natural History
869 Main St./Rte. 6A
Brewster, MA 02631
508-896-3867 x137
508-896-8844 - fax 
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