March 27, 2014 — The following was released by NOAA Fisheries:
Today, more than 80 experts from Canada to Florida participated in the first technical working group meeting for river herring (i.e., blueback herring and alewife). NOAA Fisheries and the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission organized this meeting to kick off a strategic effort to advance the restoration of river herring throughout its Atlantic coastal range. NOAA Fisheries also announced that it is making available additional funds to support independent research projects to help fill in data gaps to learn more about these species.
Read the full release from NOAA Fisheries