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Fish Talk in the News – Friday, May 4

A river herring (Photo credit: Chris Bowser, courtesy of NY State Dept. of Environmental Conservation)

Interesting stories this week: a New York chef takes a trip to the Boston fish market; the Boston Globe supports NERO staying in MA; more confusion over which sustainable seafood guides to trust; a new stock assessment confirms that river herring populations are depleted; and upcoming trips to take a look at herring runs. … More Info »

Fish Talk in the News – Friday, March 30

Massachusetts commercial fishermen will continue to be able to fish for striped bass like the ones pictured above (Photo credit: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service).

A roundup of fish stories in the news: the commercial striped bass fishery in Massachusetts will be allowed to continue; some rivers are reporting higher-than-average herring runs this year, and consumers are becoming more interested in eating the fish; warming Gulf of Maine waters may be bad news for ocean ecosystems; Whole Foods commits to keeping overfished seafood out of stores; and a lucrative elver season is underway in Maine. … More Info »

Little Fish, Big Fishery

Alewife and Blueback herring traveling up Ticonic Falls on Kennebec River, Waterville, Maine. (Credit Tim and Doug Watts)

Within the next few weeks, alewife and blueback herring, collectively known as river herring, will begin their annual migration from coastal waters to their native rivers. … More Info »

Fish Talk in the News – Friday, March 23

A school of bluefin tuna. These fish and the fishermen who catch them are the focus of a new National Geographic TV show, "Wicked Tuna." (Photo credit: NOAA Fisheries Service)

Interesting stories from around the web this week: what river herring are and why they’re important; what to expect from the show “Wicked Tuna”; and a video and recipes to help you make sushi at home. … More Info »

Fish Talk in the news – Friday, March 16

This week, a federal district court judge ruled that the govnernment has not adequately protected river herring (like the one above) from overfishing (Photo credit: Chris Bowser, NY State Department of Environmental Conservation).

This week’s roundup of interesting fish stories: a stop-motion video of where your sushi is coming from; fish is high on the list of disease-causing imported foods; a federal district court judge rules to protect river herring; and groundfish populations may have been overestimated in the 2008 stock assessments. … More Info »

Ready to hear about herring?

Pair trawlers working off the coast of Rhode Island in Narragansett Bay in January 2012.

For the next few weeks, fishery managers will hear from the public on proposed changes to the Atlantic herring fishery. New rules (called Amendment 5) have been in development for a long time – five years – and this marks the culmination of a lot of work by the New England Fishery Management Council, and a lot of debate. … More Info »

Fish Talk in the News – Friday, February 24

This week, a federal district court judge ruled that the govnernment has not adequately protected river herring (like the one above) from overfishing (Photo credit: Chris Bowser, NY State Department of Environmental Conservation).

This week’s stories we think will interest TalkingFish.org readers: NOAA’s proposed 2013 budget may cut funding for fisheries but requests support for research in the northeast; gross revenues are up after the Pacific groundfish fleet’s first year under catch shares; the Nature Conservancy is working with diverse stakeholders to prevent river herring bycatch; and the World Bank is creating a global alliance to save the world’s oceans. … More Info »

Fish Talk in the News – Friday, February 10

River herring are an important source of food for birds of prey, like this osprey, that rely on the annual migration of river herring into inland rivers each spring. (Photo credit: Mike Laptew)

A weekly roundup of stories we think will interest readers. This week: a nuclear plant may be impacting the health of river herring, federal grants awarded to Mass will help water quality and habitat, Carl Safina explains maximum sustainable yield, and the debate over groundfish closed areas. … More Info »

Fish Talk in the News – Friday, January 6

Summer flounder, one of the fish stocks that has rebounded thanks to successful fishery management policies and the MSA (Photo credit: NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center).

A weekly round-up of news stories we think might interest TalkingFish.org readers. This week: young people with the “fishing” gene, the BBC comes to Gloucester, invasive species sushi, protecting river herring, and a column in defense of fisheries management. … More Info »

Tell NMFS to use the best available science in considering river herring protection

This week, a federal district court judge ruled that the govnernment has not adequately protected river herring (like the one above) from overfishing (Photo credit: Chris Bowser, NY State Department of Environmental Conservation).

Alewife and blueback herring, collectively known as “river herring,” are a linchpin of the Atlantic ecosystem and key prey species for countless marine and freshwater animals. But today, where millions of these fish once swam, they now number in the thousands, or even mere hundreds. The National Marine Fisheries Service agreed that a “threatened” listing under the Endangered Species Act may be warranted for river herring – click here to send your comments to NMFS and ask them to conduct a comprehensive, scientifically-sound review of the status of river herring and save this important fish. … More Info »