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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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

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

WASHINGTON – Space is tight on the small boats that trawl the Atlantic in search of herring. Something else that's in short supply aboard: patience with the federal government. Since 1976 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

FILE - Herring are unloaded from a fishing boat, Wednesday, July 8, 2015, in Rockland, Maine. Several commercial fishermen in New England have been sentenced in a fish fraud scheme described by ...