Middlesex Canal Museum To Host Talk About Herring On March 2

BILLERICA, MA — The Middlesex Canal Association is holding a special talk — “Concord River: The Life of a River Herring” — on Sunday, March 2, 2025 at 1pm at the Middlesex Canal Museum (71 Faulkner Street, Billerica).

The talk will examine the importance of alewife and blueback herring, including life history, food web dynamics, and fisheries, as well as restoration strategies and lessons learned over the past 30 years.

Ben Gahagan, the speaker, is a biologist with the Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries. He has twenty years experience and is an expert in the biology and ecology of river herring and American shad.

The talk will be preceded by a five-minute meeting of the Middlesex Canal Association.

The free museum is open noon-4 on weekends.