The alewife (Alosa pseudoharengus) is a species of herring.    From LearnThat.org.  [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alewife]

Among favourite subjects on miserere seats is the "alewife.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Arts and Crafts in the Middle Ages A Description of Mediaeval Workmanship in Several of the Departments of Applied Art, Together with Some Account of Special Artisans in the Early Renaissance] Reference

Ironically, the alewife is an invasive species in the Great Lakes.    From Wordnik.com.  [Andrew Wetzler: Wildlife Roundup: the Good News] Reference

You'd see/smell why if you were at a beach during an alewife die off.    From Wordnik.com.  [Over the years I have seen what was once a florishing ecosystem of fish survive.] Reference

This year’s alewife run is five times the previous record set for the decade.    From Wordnik.com.  [Andrew Wetzler: Wildlife Roundup: The Good News] Reference

He and his committee continued working, drafting regulations of the shad and alewife harvest.    From Wordnik.com.  [2009 May « Pennamite] Reference

Major anadromous fish include striped bass, alewife, and blueback herring which spawn in tributaries.    From Wordnik.com.  [Jacques Cousteau National Estuarine Research Reserve, New Jersey] Reference

We witnessed the alewife spawning migration so many springs, and suddenly the population became depleted.    From Wordnik.com.  [Q&A, Sandra Millan-Tripp, F&S Hero of Conservation] Reference

Geordie asked her for some coins and she handed them to him, distracted by the discussion with the alewife.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Hellion in Her Bed] Reference

An Act relative to the time of leasing alewife Qhav 167.    From Wordnik.com.  [Acts and resolves passed by the General Court] Reference

"They could shut the whole alewife fishery down," he said.    From Wordnik.com.  [Maine News Updates] Reference

FISH: alewife fishery in town of Cohasset, relative to.    From Wordnik.com.  [Acts and resolves passed by the General Court] Reference

Now, only Maine and South Carolina harvest alewife, he said.    From Wordnik.com.  [Morning Sentinel News]

Monument river, alewife fishery in, regulation of ... .. .69.    From Wordnik.com.  [Acts and resolves passed by the General Court] Reference

An Act providing for the improvement of the alewife QJidy 235.    From Wordnik.com.  [Acts and resolves passed by the General Court] Reference

Committee, to sell alewife fisheries in Wareham, election of.    From Wordnik.com.  [Acts and resolves passed by the General Court] Reference

Udal; of the alewife that he should have had the papers of; or.    From Wordnik.com.  [Privy Seal His Last Venture] Reference

The best bet in recent days was bottom-fishing shad or alewife.    From Wordnik.com.  [post-gazette.com - News] Reference

Ax Act to establish ax alewife fisheky ix the towx of WAKEIIAM.    From Wordnik.com.  [Acts and resolves passed by the General Court] Reference

Bourne, alewife fishery in Herring or Monument river in, regulation of.    From Wordnik.com.  [Acts and resolves passed by the General Court] Reference

"It took me longer to hook an alewife than to hook the musky," Doran said.    From Wordnik.com.  [JSOnline.com] Reference

An alewife went to the market with a brood of chickens and an old black hen.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Book of Noodles Stories of Simpletons; or, Fools and Their Follies] Reference

With Lake Michigan's lake trout wiped out by the mid-1950s, alewife numbers exploded.    From Wordnik.com.  [JSOnline.com] Reference

There is bait in the harbor and those fishing alewife off the pier have caught salmon.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

After first -- and profitable -- alewife harvest, organizers prepare for this year's run.    From Wordnik.com.  [Morning Sentinel News]

It took him about 10 minutes to catch a silvery 5-inch alewife by jigging with small hooks.    From Wordnik.com.  [JSOnline.com] Reference

Half-Way Pond, alewife fisheries in, the election of committee to sell sale of privileges in.    From Wordnik.com.  [Acts and resolves passed by the General Court] Reference

It was the year's largest alewife run in the United States with 452,000 fish harvested from May to June.    From Wordnik.com.  [Morning Sentinel News]

The fish is now third on the rank of prey fish biomass in the lake (behind alewife and deepwater sculpin).    From Wordnik.com.  [JSOnline.com] Reference

The tinker in like vein confesses that he has run up a score with Marian Hacket, the fat alewife of Wincot.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Life of William Shakespeare with portraits and facsimiles] Reference

Marley, an alewife at Pictree, near Chester-le-Street. ".    From Wordnik.com.  [Eppie Marly] Reference

Ax Act relative to the alewife fishery in herring Chaj).    From Wordnik.com.  [Acts and resolves passed by the General Court] Reference

Because that's what's coming, the alewife will be gone. ".    From Wordnik.com.  [JSOnline.com] Reference

And the alewife collapse is what allowed that to happen. ".    From Wordnik.com. Reference

ChapA90 An Act providing for the improvement of the alewife FISHERY IN THE TOWN OF WEYMOUTH.    From Wordnik.com.  [Acts and resolves passed by the General Court] Reference