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 ...

The Department of Marine Resource has closed several fishing areas along the Maine coast to protect the spawning stock of herring. The closure went into effect on Sept. 24 and extends through Oct. 21.

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 ...

Despite a November 2024 declaration from six WSANEC chiefs calling for an immediate moratorium, Fisheries and Oceans Canada ...

ROCKLAND, Maine (AP) - Commercial fishing for herring will all but shut down in the inshore Gulf of Maine for about two months to help conserve the species. Atlantic herring are an important bait fish ...