The 2018 Mystic River herring run is over. We want to thank you for all the effort you put into counting the Mystic River herring run videos this season!
We hope to have more video counting opportunities in a few weeks, exciting additional studies that we think you might find fascinating. And, the official herring count will come out in August.
In the meantime, here are some numbers that describe the 2018 count. Most of these numbers would be zero if it weren’t for you.
Huge thanks!
2018 Herring Run Video Project:
Total estimated Mystic herring run, based on video counts, 2018: 750,000+
Total estimated Mystic herring run in the previous highest year, 2017: 630,000
Total number of fish counted on videos in 2018: 185,349
Total number of videos recorded: 51,223
Total number of videos counted: 7,023
Percent of videos counted at least once: 14%
Largest estimated total run on a single day: 77,226
Day with the largest estimated total run: May 26
Average estimated number of fish per minute on May 26, 7AM-7PM: 107
Day with the second largest estimated total run: May 18
Day with the most fish counted on video: June 1
Number of fish counted on videos from June 1: 19,507
Day with the most video counts: June 2
Date of first fish counted: April 27
Date of last fish counted: June 27
Most videos counted by one registered user: 820
Number of registered users who counted more than 100 videos: 16
