PORTLAND, Maine (AP) – Federal regulators are considering a slight cut to commercial fishermen’s catch limit for Atlantic herring, a fish that is important both to the industry and the ocean’s food ...

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Herring harvests are being cut by millions of pounds because of concerns about the important little fish's population, the federal government announced on Wednesday. Herring ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The herring stock that feeds the fishery has been in the critical zone, where serious harm is occurring, for several years.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The federal government is defending its move to cut the herring quota for fishermen in the region. (Doug Kerr/CBC - image credit) ...

FILE-In this Wednesday, July 8, 2015 file photo, herring are unloaded from a fishing boat in Rockland, Maine. Fishermen who seek one of the most important bait fish on the East Coast are likely to see ...

Catch limits for herring - one of WA's most popular recreational fishing species - could be slashed under State Government efforts to combat a dramatic decline in stock numbers. The Department of ...

Fisheries and Oceans Canada is defending its July decision to reduce the herring quota in the Bay of Fundy, after a major New Brunswick employer blamed the decision for major layoffs. "We recognize ...