Barnstable

Name of River (s)

Marstons Mills River, Santuit River, Scorton Creek (Mill Pond), Centerville River - Map of Barnstable Anadromous Fish Runs

Name of Warden

Natural Resource Supervisor - Doug Kalweit; Natural Resource Officers: Amy Croteau, Martin Wunderly, Matt Gough

Governing Body

Town of Barnstable Marine Environmental Affairs Division, Department of Natural Resources

Name of Count Organizer

Marstons Mills River Count: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Follow their blog: http://marstonsmillsherringcounts.blogspot.com/

Name of Watershed Group

Contact Phone Number

call Natural Resources at 508-790-6272

Email contact

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Status of Run

2012 was great year in Santuit- adults are currently exiting the run.

Mills River- huge difference from last year, Barnstable has been working over the past 1.5 years to bring this run back to life, so it was great to see the counts jump up as they did this year, adults are also starting to leave this run.

Wequaquet- we had initial scare at this run because we were about 6 inches shy of normal rainfall when the run began, luckily, the fish waited until we got some rain and are currently running up to Wequaquet (finally!) and in large numbers, there are also some adults that made it in earlier in the season that are now leaving the pond.

We have re-habbed from Mill Pond to the railroad tracks in our West Barnstable run and will be doing the remainder of the work this Fall. We are hoping to get this run on the state's re-stocking list for 2013/2014 if possible.

We are hoping we might be able to start a counting program for the Centerville River/Wequaquet Run next year

Current Project

n/a

Volunteer Opportunities

 Three Bays Preservation is organizing herring counters for the 2015 Marstons Mills River herring count.  Contact 508-420-0780 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for information and training schedule.  The count is from 7am to 7pm, 7 days per week.  Each time slot is 10 minutes each hour.  A volunteer can count once a day, once a week, 7 times a week or any combination they wish! 

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