Maria Abate and students working with the Wampanoag Tribe to track—and protect river herring population

River Herring in Martha’s Vineyard Are Disappearing. A BU Marine Biologist Is Trying to Help Save Them

Maria Abate and her students are working with the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) on Martha’s Vineyard to track—and protect—the dwindling migratory river herring population

Photo: Three people wading through a creek and collecting herring samples