Every spring, river herring migrate from the ocean to freshwater rivers to spawn. Before Europeans arrived in this region, ...

Since 2006 Mass. banned harvest of river herring except for Indigenous tribes. Now a new Atlantic coastal states plan allows harvest with limits.

Each spring, river herring populations migrate from Massachusetts coastal waters to begin their annual journey up rivers and ...

If you’re of Scandinavian descent, grew up on the East Coast, or have an Ashkenazi Jewish grandmother, you probably know the merits of herring. Everyone else, even in Seattle, one of the country’s ...

Although it is not popular, closing the herring fishery in Prince William Sound now will make for a better fishery in the future. The current population of herring in Prince William Sound is at ...

Ah, spring in the Puget Sound. Sunnier days, overflowing baskets of colorful flowers, and spawning season for Pacific herring. Pacific herring are a forage fish. Alongside surf smelt, Pacific sand ...

WELLFLEET — A century ago, in an effort to lure tourists, the residents of this seaside town near the tip of Cape Cod sought to reduce the scourge of mosquitoes. To do that, they built a massive dike ...

The village of Clovelly, north Devon, is clamped to its sheer hillside overlooking the Bristol Channel, much like a limpet clings to a rock. A cobbled street so steep that no vehicles can navigate it ...

After a seven-year recovery effort, fishers could sustainably catch almost four times more herring than they do now, a West Australian stock assessment has found. WA herring stocks have recovered from ...