Alewife (Alosa pseudoharengus)

Status
ESA Candidate Species - throughout its range
ESA Species of Concern - Newfoundland to North Carolina

Taxonomy
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Clupeiformes
Family: Clupeidae
Genus: Alosa
Species: pseudoharengus

Key Documents
(All documents are in PDF format.)

Title	Federal Register	Date
90-day finding on petition to list river herring (alewife and blueback herring) under the Endangered Species Act Petition to list	76 FR 67652	11/02/2011
Species of Concern Fact Sheet: Detailed	n/a	05/19/2009
Fact Sheet Highlights	n/a	05/17/2007

More Information

• Status of Fishery Resources off the Northeastern US: River Herring (alewife and blueback herring)

Updated: May 10, 2013