The once-abundant American shad, along with river herring, have plummeted to levels considered depleted, according to new ...

A marine scientist says a decision by the federal fisheries minister to increase the herring quota off the coast of southwest ...

The seiner Infinite Grace pursing up during the third opening in the Sitka Sound sac roe herring fishery, on Wednesday, March 26, 2014. (Rachel Waldholz/KCAW) After a week on two-hour notice, the ...

SOUTH KINGSTOWN – A seagull, standing on a rock in the Saugatucket River, waddled closer to the seam of foamy water swirling by. There, in the crashing shallows below the Main Street Dam, the gull ...

MIDDLEBOROUGH — Bill Orphanos dipped a green fishing net into the waters of a herring run in the Nemasket River in Middleborough one recent morning, pulling it through the water. The net emerged with ...

Federal fishing regulators are limiting the amount of herring that fishermen can catch off New England until the end of the year. The fish is used for food and bait. The National Oceanic and ...

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PORTLAND, Maine (CBS/AP) — The East Coast herring fishing industry will be almost completely shut down for the rest of the year. Herring fishing is a major marine industry in New England, but the ...

The commercial fishery for herring has suffered in recent years due to new restrictions, but those same rules could benefit some of Maine's most beloved birds — puffins. Atlantic puffins, known for ...

The Sitka Sac Roe Herring Fishery likely won’t happen this year. That’s according to a statement released last week by the Alaska Department of Fish and Game. Weak markets and smaller-than-average ...

BOSTONBOSTON — Commercial fishing of an important species of bait fish is going to be shut down in one of its key areas in New England for about six weeks. Interstate regulators say the Atlantic ...