Author: watershed narratives
The fish is called by turns alewife, river herring, razor belly, and moon eye
The river is the Sebasticook, largest tributary to the Kennebec.
For the Ab’naki the river was “the way through”. They hunted, fished, traded, and some think, planted along it
Before the European settlements millions of river herring freely made the journey up the Kennebec into the Sebasticook each spring
When Europeans settled the watershed in the 18th century they brought a different sensibility to life on the river
Over the next three centuries Mills and Dams were built, cutting off migrating fish from their spawning grounds
Everything Eats Alewives 