February 10, 2021 — New restrictions that will limit commercial herring fishing off New England take effect on Wednesday.
Atlantic herring are the source of a major East Coast fishery. They’re used as food and bait. Concerns about the size of the population motivated federal regulators to craft new rules about herring fishing.
The rules prohibit certain kinds of fishing in inshore federal waters from the border of the U.S. and Canada to the border of Rhode Island and Connecticut. The rules state they are designed to bring sustainability to the species.
Read the full story from the Associated Press at The Milford Mirror