Tweet Wetland Restoration in Coonamessett River NOAA, the Town of Falmouth, and other partners are working to restore Massachusetts’ Coonamessett River. The projects will benefit alewife, blueback herring, and other migratory fish. Feature Story | New England/Mid-Atlantic Phase I of the … Continue reading →
Tweet By Riley Woodford Pounders clip kelp to lines on a rack in a pound before herring are introduced. Photo by Bo Meredith Arecord year for spawning herring was good news for the roe on kelp fishery. Roe on kelp … Continue reading →
TweetNOTE: This article is one in the series, A Day In the Life Of a Marine Fisheries Hourly. River herring, a term that includes both the alewife (Alosa pseudoharengus) and blueback species (Alosa aestivalis), were once a commercially important fish for … Continue reading →
Tweet Atlantic Herring Spawning Closure Extended DURHAM, N.H. — Samples of Atlantic herring taken from the Massachusetts/New Hampshire Spawning Area, which is currently under a spawning closure, have indicated that spawning is ongoing. The N.H. Fish and Game Executive Director … Continue reading →
TweetClosure DURHAM, N.H. — The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s Atlantic Herring Section held a conference call on September 15, 2017, to set the ‘Days Out’ for the Trimester 3 period of October 1 through December 31. The 2017 Area 1A … Continue reading →
Tweet DURHAM, N.H. — The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s Atlantic Herring Section held a conference call on September 15, 2017, to set the ‘Days Out’ for the Trimester 3 period of October 1 through December 31. The 2017 Area 1A … Continue reading →
TweetClosure Select map for larger view. DURHAM, N.H. — The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s Atlantic Herring Section held a meeting on September 16, 2016, to set the ‘Days Out’ for the Trimester 3 period of October 1 through December … Continue reading →
Tweet DURHAM, N.H. — Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commissioners from the states of Maine, New Hampshire and Massachusetts have met with industry representatives and set the allowable landing days for the 2016 Management Area 1A Atlantic herring fishery. The following … Continue reading →
Tweet 2015 was a pretty good year for diadromous fish in New Hampshire. This news was welcome because diadromous species, which migrate between freshwater and saltwater to complete their life cycles, face big challenges. Before the construction of dams in … Continue reading →
Tweet Herring make their 2016 debut in Yaquina and Coos Bays Pacific herring showed up in Yaquina Bay and Coos Bay in large numbers last week, which means they could be entering the other estuaries as well. It’s spawning time … Continue reading →
Tweet DURHAM, N.H. – Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commissioners from the states of Maine, New Hampshire and Massachusetts have met with industry representatives and set the allowable landing days for the beginning of the 2015 Management Area 1A Atlantic Herring … Continue reading →
TweetDURHAM, N.H. – Commercial fishermen will be prohibited from landing Atlantic herring taken from Management Area 1A effective 12:01 a.m. on Sunday, October 26, 2014, because herring harvesters are projected to reach 92% of the allowable harvest quota for the … Continue reading →
Tweet DURHAM, N.H. — Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commissioners from the states of Maine, New Hampshire and Massachusetts have met with industry representatives and set the allowable landing days for the beginning of the 2014 Management Area 1A Atlantic herring … Continue reading →
TweetDURHAM, N.H. — Commercial fishermen will be prohibited from landing Atlantic herring taken from Management Area 1A (the near shore waters from Cape Cod to the Maine/Canadian border) effective 12:01 a.m. on Tuesday, October 15, 2013, because herring harvesters are … Continue reading →
TweetDURHAM, N.H. – Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commissioners from the states of Maine, New Hampshire and Massachusetts held a conference call with industry representatives present and set the allowable landing days for Trimester III (October 1-December 31, 2013) for Management … Continue reading →
TweetPERIOD II CLOSURE FOR AREA 1A EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 9 DURHAM, N.H. – Commercial fishermen will be prohibited from landing Atlantic herring taken from Management Area 1A effective 12:01 a.m. on Monday, September 9, 2013 through midnight September 30, 2013, because … Continue reading →
TweetCONCORD, N.H. — The wild and scenic Lamprey River could soon be home to one of the strongest river herring runs on the Atlantic seaboard. Herring spend most of their life in the ocean, but migrate into freshwater rivers along … Continue reading →
Tweet DURHAM, N.H. — Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commissioners from the states of Maine, New Hampshire and Massachusetts have met and set the allowable landing days for the beginning of the 2013 Management Area 1A Atlantic Herring fishery. Recently approved … Continue reading →
TweetDURHAM, N.H. — Atlantic herring (sea herring) harvesters and dealers should be aware that herring spawning areas within the jurisdiction of New Hampshire will be closed from 12:01 a.m. on September 21, 2012, through midnight on October 19, 2012 (pursuant … Continue reading →
TweetNew York adopted the final changes to regulations that will reduce fishing mortality of river herring and create a sustainable fishery, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner Joe Martens announced today. River herring (alewife and blueback herring) … Continue reading →
