RIVER HERRING IN THE NEWS

Annual river herring count to begin April 1 Wicked Local GloucesterPosted Mar. 12, 2015 at 2:09 PM GLOUCESTEREach spring for over 10 years, the City of Gloucester, the Eight Towns and the Great Marsh Committee and NOAA-NMFS have coordinated the annual river herring (alewife) count at the top of the fish ladder by the WestRead more

Coonamessett River Herring To Be TaggedThe Enterprise Posted: Thursday, March 12, 2015 12:17 pmENTERPRISE STAFF Using radio collars on bears or bands on a bird’s legs is a method to track their seasonal migration and movements. The same methods can be used on fish. The Coonamessett River Trust (CRT), working with Falmouth’s Office of MarineRead more

Middleboro Herring Festival set for April Middleboro EnterpriseBy Enterprise Staff Posted Mar. 11, 2015 at 1:29 PM MIDDLEBORO – Town selectmen Monday night approved a request from the Middleboro Tourism Committee to hold the second annual Herring Festival at Oliver Mill Park, on Route 44, on April 11 and April 12 from 10 a.m. toRead more

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

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

Regulators reject expanded protections for herringRiver herring do not need to be under the federal management plan, the fishery council decides, and Maine officials agree. 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 necessaryRead more

ASMFC & NOAA Fisheries Award Funding to Two Research Projects to Advance Understanding of River Herring Populations The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission and NOAA Fisheries announced today they are awarding approximately a quarter of a million dollars to two research projects. Information generated from these projects supports the continued development of a coastwide riverRead more