National Fisherman

January 30, 2015

Regulators reject river herring protections

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Leslie Taylor

PORTSMOUTH, N.H. - Regional fishing industry regulators have rejected a plan to list river herring and shad as part of the Atlantic Herring fishery.

The measure would have put the two species under a federal management plan that would have included greater conservation. But the New England Fishery Management Council concluded there was not enough evidence to support the move.

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