Today is the first day of the new catch Holland herring season at Russ and Daughters. The small, silvery fishes from the cold waters of the North Sea are at their peak once a year, starting now and ...

ESOPUS, N.Y. — In recent weeks, environmental conservation officers conducted “fishing compliance checks” statewide and encountered numerous subjects, some with “creative hiding places and interesting ...

There are plenty of herring around in the fishery in Togiak, on the northwest side of Bristol Bay. This year’s quota is roughly 80 million pounds. But herring fishermen, who come to Togiak from all ...

“The way things are going, we will see the end of Pacific herring in our territory,” said Chief Eric Pelkey of the W̱SÁNEĆ ...

It’s been said that timing is everything, which is why I thought it strange that the state Department of Environmental Conservation would announce its new proposed rule change governing the harvest of ...

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Greg Morse of Pittsfield, Mass., uses an umbrella net in an attempt to catch herring as striped bass bait. Morse and his friend Justin Beckwith of Richmond, Mass., who used to live in Port Ewen, were ...

MINNEAPOLIS — Lake Superior bluefin herring is finally back on the menu at the Bluefin Grille. "We hadn’t had it all summer until last week," said Ed Douglass, executive chef for the fine-dining ...

Clupea pallasii, the Pacific herring, is prized in many countries for its eggs; during the March spawning season, fishermen in British Columbia and Alaska process hundreds of thousands of tons of the ...

A federal grand jury has indicted five Maine fishermen and one from New Hampshire on conspiracy, mail fraud and obstruction of justice charges in a "multi-year scheme" to sell "unreported Atlantic ...

What starts as a routine fishing trip to catch herring for smoking turns into a tense encounter with the US Coast Guard.

Ottawa’s decision to allow far more Atlantic herring to be caught between Nova Scotia and New Brunswick midseason could be disastrous for the troubled species and fishermen alike, warns an ...