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Gaspereau[edit]

This is the same fish as Gaspereau fish. There shouldn't be two articles. Sarah crane 19:49, 31 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

You are correct. These are the same fish and they should be in one article. Given that "alewife" is the AFS official trivial name for this fish, all of the information should be here. If you want to merge the Gaspereau fish article into this one and replace that one with a redirect, that would be the appropriate course of action, in this case. Dave 06:16, 1 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Done. Could use some more tinkering, it was not clear from the original whether the catching method was purely Nova Scotian, or more generally used. Stan 13:03, 1 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

That's a nice job! I eased around a few rough spots. Thanks for your help... — Dave 05:38, 2 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

yet another name[edit]

Down here in the Big Bend area of Florida, the fish is called an "L-Y". Obviously derived from the name alewife. I don't know where they are caught, but are good bait for Grouper and related fish. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rsearch (talk • contribs) 21:26, 7 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Another meaning of "alewife"[edit]

******Beer man weighing in*****.

Alewives also are people who are women that make ale to drink. Women were brewers of all beer before the industrial revolution and they brewed beer either as Goddesses, alewives, brewster or witches. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Samuel merritt (talk • contribs) 18:03, 10 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

FDA warning[edit]

"FDA Warns Consumers and Retailers of Botulism Risk from Ungutted, Salt-Cured Alewives"[1] --noosph e re 03:28, 17 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

etymology[edit]

wikt:alewife says it is from a 17c "Indian" fish name aloof/aloofe, or from allowes<Latin alausa (cf the genus name alosa), influenced by the beer lady. I wonder if "Indian" means North American native? --92.208.245.85 (talk) 12:17, 15 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

and a culinary name[edit]

When sold as food for human consumption, usually smoked, the alewife gets the name "river herring". 68.9.88.78 (talk) 13:57, 28 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]