Category Archives: River Herring

Dealing With Localized Depletion, Where And If It Exists

Posted by Mar 31, 2022 ASMFC, Commercial Fishing, Featured, Forage Fish, Magnuson-Stevens, Menhaden, River Herring, Sustainable Seafood, Working Waterfronts 3 Comments
Dealing With Localized Depletion, Where And If It Exists

Top Photo: Atlantic Menhaden Localized depletion has, over the past few years, become a hot topic in forage fish management. It’s based on the notion that, even though the overall stock of fish is healthy, intense fishing pressure in a particular region could significantly reduce abundance in that location, and have adverse impacts on the […]

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Genetic Database Offers New Hope for Shad & River Herring

Posted by Jul 29, 2021 Bycatch, Commercial Fishing, Featured, Forage Fish, Recreational Fishing, River Herring, Shad Leave a Comment
Genetic Database Offers New Hope for Shad & River Herring

ASMFC & USGS Announce Research Partnership This article was originally published in The Wild Oceans Horizon newsletter and was reprinted with permission. View the latest issue and past issues of The Wild Oceans Horizon. Top image: shad, photo via the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The 2020 Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) American shad […]

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