Atlantic herring is loaded onto a lobster fishing boat on the shores of the Gulf of Maine on July 1, 2019, in Deer Isle, Maine. Joe Raedle/Getty Images ...

When Slater Mill opened in 1793, it signaled the eventual demise of river herring and other migratory fish in the Blackstone ...

A 2021 Atlantic herring stock assessment estimated the population at 39,000 metric tons, or roughly 20% of its biomass target, compared with the late 1960s, ...

A plan to restore fish passage in the Blackstone River still faces obstacles over funding and questions over working with ...

An international team of Swedish, Norwegian, Danish and Irish scientists has used whole genome sequencing to characterize 53 herring populations from the Atlantic Ocean and the Baltic Sea. They ...

Herring hiding out October 2023 was a particularly warm month for the gulf. That was especially a problem for the population of herring that spawns in the fall, and for the fishermen seeking them out.

Herring are unloaded from a fishing boat in Rockland, Maine, July 8, 2015. (Robert F. Bukaty/AP) Several commercial fishermen in New England have been sentenced in a fraud scheme that centered on ...

Three herring fishermen from Cape May fought the law all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court and won. ... Overall, the entire Atlantic seaboard's herring harvest was worth $6.6 million in 2021.

Herring were unloaded from a fishing boat in Rockland, Maine, July 8, 2015. Several commercial fishermen in New England have been sentenced in a fish fraud scheme.

Herring is an important part of the food chain, as it is eaten by marine mammals, larger fish and seabirds. Fishing managers have raised concerns about the sustainability of the Atlantic herring ...

Robbins pleaded guilty in March of 2024 to submitting false information to the federal government regarding catch and sale of Atlantic herring and failure to pay taxes, prosecutors said. (AP Photo ...