When the Atlantic herring colonized the Baltic Sea thousands of years ago, it needed to adapt to the low salinity. Genes with ...

The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump has asked the New England Fishery Management Council (NEFMC) to abandon a ...

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 ...

Onboard catch monitoring for commercial fishing sparked the lawsuit that led to the Supreme Court's upending of the Chevron ...

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — 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 ...

New Englanders have been fishing for herring for centuries. Whether to sell as bait, can for local seafood lovers, or use for fertilizer, we’ve scooped up herring by the millions. But despite modern ...

PROVIDENCE — The Atlantic herring is a small, seemingly unremarkable fish that has distinguished itself through sheer numbers. When herring spawn, they can cover the ocean bottom in a carpet of eggs ...

John O’Brien, policy and partnership specialist with The Nature Conservancy, who’d been talking with fish biologists at the ...

What do striped bass anglers, whale watches and bird enthusiasts have in common? Sure, they all enjoy spending time outdoors, but much of their passion owes to a tiny, unheralded fish: the Atlantic ...

New limits are taking effect on how many Atlantic herring can be caught by New England fishermen. Federal regulators say reducing the quota by millions of pounds is necessary due to low numbers of ...

A comparison of the fast-growing fish-eating Baltic herring (Slåttersill in Swedish) and slow-growing plankton-eating spring- and autumn-spawning Baltic herring. Photo: Leif Andersson. Atlantic and ...