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pay the poll tax of every taxable person in Pembroke. In recent 

 years the revenue has little more than paid for the expense of 

 catching the alewives. 



Recommendations. — The success of the fishery in North 

 River depends directly upon conditions in Barker's River. 

 Free access to the spawning grounds is now given, and the only 

 drawback is the fact that the fish are subjected to pollution 

 from Indian Head River before they ascend Barker River. 

 Special care should be taken to insure the proper number of 

 alewives reaching the spawning grounds. 



The three Herring brooks present chiefly the problem of ob- 

 structions, and offer possibilities only of small fisheries. Little 

 can be done with the First Herring Brook, since its headwaters 

 serve as a water supply for Scituate. The installation of fish- 

 ways, in two dams would permit of alewives ascending Second 

 Herring Brook, while, in order to open Third Herring Brook, 

 the construction of four fishways will be necessary. 



In order to revive the alewife fishing in Indian Head River 

 it will first be necessary to install a series of fishways in the 

 dams owned by the Clapp Rubber Company, the Waterman 

 Company, E. Phillips & Son, and in the dam at the old Thomas 

 Mill. Then, if the further steps of stocking Indian Head Pond 

 and eliminating present pollution are taken, the outlook for a 

 successful fishery will be promising. 



South River. 



Since the gale of 1898 South River joins North River, with 

 its outlet about 2\ to 3 miles north of its former location. The 

 river itself is a natural stream from 9 to 10 miles long, and is 

 used for power and for flooding cranberry bogs. 



The obstructions to the passage of alewives are the dilapi- 

 dated dam at Marshfield Village, Chandler's Millpond Dam 

 and a varied number of small dams, sluiceways and other ac- 

 cessories in the cranberry bogs of northwest Duxbury. 



The alewives entering South River are known as "late her- 

 ring" or "ditch herring" because they do not seek a pond for 

 spawning purposes, but swarm in the creeks and ditches, — a 

 habit of the glut herring. There has never been any seining 



