TRENTON, N.J. (AP)-- New Jersey environmental officials have shut down the state's river herring fishery. The Press of Atlantic City reports that the decision made late this week came in part because ...

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PORTLAND, Maine (CBS/AP) — The East Coast herring fishing industry will be almost completely shut down for the rest of the year. Herring fishing is a major marine industry in New England, but the ...

MIDDLEBOROUGH — Bill Orphanos dipped a green fishing net into the waters of a herring run in the Nemasket River in Middleborough one recent morning, pulling it through the water. The net emerged with ...

The commercial fishery for herring has suffered in recent years due to new restrictions, but those same rules could benefit some of Maine's most beloved birds — puffins. Atlantic puffins, known for ...

Federal fishing regulators are limiting the amount of herring that fishermen can catch off New England until the end of the year. The fish is used for food and bait. The National Oceanic and ...

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