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https://divcomplatform.s3.amazonaws.com/www.nationalfisherman.com/images/d1b6d98b26905bf3e8b2b950f13421b7.jpg — Herring fish- Courtesy of NOAA Fisheries

U.S. district court in Maine to host trial over alleged herring violations

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There are dozens of docks and other facilities where boats can tie up the harbor, and Captains Bay remains a favorite of transient and local fleets. Charlie Ess photo.

At Home in Dutch Harbor

Charlie Ess

Atlantic herring. School of Marine Science and Technology photo.

New England council moves to ‘revisit’ herring trawl restrictions

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The Persistence and Relentless are two of the Seafreeze Ltd. trawler fleet. Seafreeze photo.

Rhode Island fishermen ask Supreme Court to hear challenge to observer fees

Kirk Moore

Catherine “Cate” O'Keefe has been appointed as the new executive director of the New England Fishery Management Council.

Cate O’Keefe named executive director for New England council

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For three generations, the McCurdy’s smoked herring in Lubec, Maine, with no problems. But in 1991, the Food and Drug Administration shut them down over food safety concerns.

A Lasting Grudge: FDA's Closure of the Historic Maine Smokehouse

Paul Molyneaux

https://divcomplatform.s3.amazonaws.com/www.nationalfisherman.com/images/e43371154ad72a4c4ee5c153a49a55d6.jpg — Alewives also known as River Herring. Photo courtesy to NOAA Fisheries and Jerry Prezi

Historic alewife runs in Maine continue to rebound

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Corals and octopus in the Hudson Canyon. NOAA photo.

NOAA announces advisors for proposed Hudson Canyon National Marine Sanctuary

Justices to consider case involving fishing boat monitor pay

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The fishing vessel Nordic Viking at Cape May. Cause for Action video image.

Supreme Court takes up potential landmark case from New Jersey fishermen

Kirk Moore

https://divcomplatform.s3.amazonaws.com/www.nationalfisherman.com/images/838e3ec9fd85386734e63e6925119b6d.jpg — Photo by Skyler Ewing

Herring fishermen to get $7m in federal aid

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