You’re invited to River Herring: Open for Harvest
Hosted by Alewife Harvesters of Maine
When: Thursday September 14th from 9:00 am – 3:00 pm
Where: Jeff’s Catering in Brewer
For meeting documents contact Sarah Madronal, sarah@mainesalmonrivers.org or follow this link.
Join us for a day focused on river herring restoration work and other efforts to open river herring runs for harvest in Maine. Come hear about restoration success stories as well as past and current efforts to open harvest runs across the state. The purpose of this meeting is to discuss what success looks like for river herring restoration and explore how we can get there together as individuals, communities, organizations and government with shared knowledge of all of the issues, management practices, and mutually understood expectations for next steps to open river herring harvests and continue river restoration work. Mike Brown, Department of Marine Resources, will give a presentation on the how to’s and current management practices of opening a river herring harvest run with a facilitated question and answer period. All are welcome and we encourage all who are involved in the river herring fishery in Maine to come and share their experiences opening or continuing river herring harvests.
Alewife Harvesters of Maine would like to thank our partners for sponsoring this meeting including, Department of Marine Resources, Downeast Fisheries Partnership, Downeast Salmon Federation, and Maine Center for Coastal Fisheries.
Agenda
9:00 Welcome and Focus for the Day – Jeff Pierce, AHOM
9:10 Working Together Today
Develop Working Agreements
9:15 Making Restoration Happen
Panel members reflect on their experiences restoring runs
- Panelists: Nate Gray (DMR), Anne Hayden (DFP), Jeff Pierce (AHOM), Dwayne Shaw (DSF), and Mike Thalhauser (MCCF)
10:30 Stretch break
10:45 Identify What Leads to Success
Break into table discussions with panel members around the questions:
- What does success look like? How do we define it?
- What can we learn from our collective experiences about:
- The elements that fuel success?
- The roadblocks?
- What are the big statewide questions that we want to answer?
Table facilitators will write responses on flip charts and post them
11:35 The Story of Opening a Recent River Herring Run – Darrell Young
12:00 Buffett lunch
12:45 Process and Regulations for Setting up a River Herring Run
Mike Brown, DMR – Presentation (30 minutes), Q & A including topics from the morning session (45 minutes)
2:00 Identify Major Elements of What Success Looks Like
From the table discussions and Darrell’s Donnell Pond project, summarize what we are aiming for and how we can incorporate into existing/future projects
2:30 Common Understanding of Next Steps and Accountability
What needs to happen next? Who will do what? How will accountability work?
2:50 Closing Remarks – Jeff Pierce, AHOM
3:00 Conclude
Please contact Sarah Madronal for more information and RSVP to sarah@mainesalmonrivers.org. Feel free to share this meeting announcement with anyone who may be interested.
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Last Updated: September 26, 2018 by S
River Herring: Open for Harvest
You’re invited to River Herring: Open for Harvest
Hosted by Alewife Harvesters of Maine
When: Thursday September 14th from 9:00 am – 3:00 pm
Where: Jeff’s Catering in Brewer
For meeting documents contact Sarah Madronal, sarah@mainesalmonrivers.org or follow this link.
Join us for a day focused on river herring restoration work and other efforts to open river herring runs for harvest in Maine. Come hear about restoration success stories as well as past and current efforts to open harvest runs across the state. The purpose of this meeting is to discuss what success looks like for river herring restoration and explore how we can get there together as individuals, communities, organizations and government with shared knowledge of all of the issues, management practices, and mutually understood expectations for next steps to open river herring harvests and continue river restoration work. Mike Brown, Department of Marine Resources, will give a presentation on the how to’s and current management practices of opening a river herring harvest run with a facilitated question and answer period. All are welcome and we encourage all who are involved in the river herring fishery in Maine to come and share their experiences opening or continuing river herring harvests.
Alewife Harvesters of Maine would like to thank our partners for sponsoring this meeting including, Department of Marine Resources, Downeast Fisheries Partnership, Downeast Salmon Federation, and Maine Center for Coastal Fisheries.
Agenda
9:00 Welcome and Focus for the Day – Jeff Pierce, AHOM
9:10 Working Together Today
Develop Working Agreements
9:15 Making Restoration Happen
Panel members reflect on their experiences restoring runs
10:30 Stretch break
10:45 Identify What Leads to Success
Break into table discussions with panel members around the questions:
Table facilitators will write responses on flip charts and post them
11:35 The Story of Opening a Recent River Herring Run – Darrell Young
12:00 Buffett lunch
12:45 Process and Regulations for Setting up a River Herring Run
Mike Brown, DMR – Presentation (30 minutes), Q & A including topics from the morning session (45 minutes)
2:00 Identify Major Elements of What Success Looks Like
From the table discussions and Darrell’s Donnell Pond project, summarize what we are aiming for and how we can incorporate into existing/future projects
2:30 Common Understanding of Next Steps and Accountability
What needs to happen next? Who will do what? How will accountability work?
2:50 Closing Remarks – Jeff Pierce, AHOM
3:00 Conclude
Please contact Sarah Madronal for more information and RSVP to sarah@mainesalmonrivers.org. Feel free to share this meeting announcement with anyone who may be interested.
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