| The two largest and most important of the herrings were probably blueback herring and hickory shad. |
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| Paddling over the six sets of rapids created by the dam removal, you think of the blueback herring that spawn in fast whitewater. |
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| Some other common names for Oncorhynchus kisutch are coho, silver, blueback, and hook nose salmon. |
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| River herring, which is actually a term that encompasses two species, alewives and blueback herring, are a primary target of the effort. |
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| Present exploitation levels on alewife appear to be sustainable while the level on blueback is probably under the potential sustainable value. |
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| Following these European initiatives, in 1987 Canada passed a law prohibiting the taking of whitecoats and blueback seals. |
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| Arctic char a close relative of the trout is often found in the cold, clear waters of glacial lakes where it is referred to as blueback, Sunapee, or Quebec red trout. |
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| The deal is also expected to help shad, alewives, shortnose sturgeon, blueback herring, tomcod and rainbow smelt. |
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| On Long Island, apparently, so do the blueback herring and the enormous striped bass that feed on them. |
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| High returns of both alewives and blueback herring occurred during the late 1980s from moderate spawning escapements. |
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| Alewife abundance had been increasing but like blueback herring, abundance has declined in the last two years. |
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| Unfortunately, this ban has failed to stop the current trade in harp and blueback sealskins in Europe. |
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| So if you look back to the 1980s ban of whitecoat and blueback seal products, you'll see it clearly exempted native products. |
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| Any reports of alewife probably include the blueback herring as well. |
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| Sturgeon, smelt, baby eels fresh from the Sargasso Sea, striped bass, sea lampreys, alewives and blueback herring — all of them ran up the rivers about now, following a vernal instinct that points directly upstream. |
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| Anadromous species, which include salmon, shad, alewives, blueback herring and sea-run brown trout, hatch in fresh water, spend their adult lives at sea and then return to their birth streams to spawn. |
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| Cypress Grill serves other fried fish, like striped bass and perch, but none arrive with such complex sides of nostalgia as the alewife and blueback river herring. |
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| Based on the estimate of the strength of the 1996 and 1997 year classes for both alewife and blueback, abundance in 2001 is not expected to be high. |
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| Fishways for upstream movements are generally effective for migratory species like salmon, blueback herring and alewife, but they may not be effective for all species present in a river. |
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| Catch rates remained higher for alewives than blueback herring. |
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| The matter went before the Courts and on December 14, 1999 the Newfoundland Court of Appeal struck down s. 27 of the Marine Mammal Regulations, which makes it an offence to buy, sell, or trade blueback seal pelts. |
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| Do the survey, deal with the blueback issue and make it clear to sealers and the public, the implications on the population and on the socio-economic impacts. |
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| It should be mentioned that a risk benefit analysis regarding organized opposition from animal rights groups should be conducted prior to any decision to reopen a blueback hunt. |
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| There's the blueback herring, ruffe, tubenosed gobies and, the ever-popular spiny water flea. |
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| Catches: Catches averaged 1,561 t in the last ten years. The proportion of alewife to blueback catches in the total landings fluctuate annually relative to the timing of the migration of the two species. |
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| Mycobacteria were recovered from Atlantic menhaden, white perch, blueback herring, largemouth bass, mummichog, striped killifish, summer flounder, weakfish, and spot. |
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