Castine Patriot, February 19, 2015Committee seeks to ‘re-establish local control’ over alewife fishery by Anne Berleant An new advisory committee formed to address alewife fishing in Penobscot waters has hooked its first guest. Claire Enterline of the Maine Department of Marine Resources will meet with the committee on Tuesday, February 24, to discuss the alewifeRead more
RIVER HERRING IN THE NEWS
GROUPS GO TO COURT TO PROTECT BLUEBACK HERRING FROM EXTINCTIONChallenge flawed decision not to list imperiled river herring as a “threatened species” February 10, 2015 Washington, D.C. — Earthjustice, the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and a coalition of fishing and watershed protection groups filed a complaint today in federal court seeking to reverse aRead more
Herring Deserve Listing as Theatened, Groups SayBy AMANDA LOVIZA-VICKERYCourthouse News WASHINGTON (CN) – Blueback herrings deserve designation as a threatened species, environmentalists say in court, noting the critical role the fish play in Atlantic coastal ecosystems.Blueback herring populations are a tiny fraction of what they once were, and the Secretary of Commerce violated the EndangeredRead more
Researchers Will Study New England River Herring Population MPBN By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS • JAN 15, 2015 PORTLAND, Maine – Fishery regulators are giving $166,659 to a project that will assess the number of juvenile river herring in rivers from Maine and Connecticut. The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission and National Marine Fisheries Service areRead more
Regulators shoot down plan for new herring protections Concord Monitor By PATRICK WHITTLEAssociated PressFriday, January 30, 2015(Published in print: Saturday, January 31, 2015) In a decision lauded by state regulators and decried by environmentalists, federal regulators ruled this week that a plan to extend greater conservation efforts to river herring is not necessary at thisRead more
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