NOAA’s oversight of the fishery sparked an industry challenge that led to a landmark Supreme Court decision that clipped agency regulatory power. East Coast fishermen are bracing for what could be the ...

Despite repeated calls from First Nations for a moratorium, Fisheries and Oceans Canada approved more than 2,000 tons of ...

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 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 ...

A conservative legal group is asking a federal appeals court to overturn a ruling allowing the government to charge New ...

Disaster-level instability in the Atlantic herring industry has prompted the federal government to give $11 million to commercial fishermen and shore-side infrastructure in four states. A scientific ...

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 ...

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 ...

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