National Fisherman

Herring

Pacific herring sample. California Department of Fish and Wildlife photo

Pacific herring: Survey supports Jan. 1 opening, 750-ton quota

Charlie Ess

The Starlight is one of two O’Hara Lobster Bait midwater trawlers. It was launched from Eastern Shipyard in Panama City in the late 1970s, then overhauled at Patti Marine in Pensacola, Fla., and returned to Rockland, Maine in June 2019. Tom Farrell photo

Feds declare East Coast herring fishery a disaster

Jessica Hathaway

Alannah Hurley and Mae Syvrud host President Barack Obama in Alaska's Bristol Bay in September 2015, shortly after the EPA proposed permanent protections. UTBB/Pete Souza photo

Alaska’s Bristol Bay gets protection promise from EPA

Jessica Hathaway

Herring — Atlantic herring. NOAA photo

Maine herring area 1A shuts for two months

NF Staff

A school of menhaden. NOAA photo/Jerry Prezioso.

Study finds existing forage fish management is working

Kirk Moore

Cordova, Alaska. Cheryl Ess photo

Alaska’s salmon season starts soon, plus pot shrimp, Dungeness, halibut and more…

Laine Welch

Herring — Atlantic herring. NOAA photo

Northeast herring: As catch limit screws tighten, bait dealers seek alternative sources

Caroline Losneck

The F/V Sitkinak rolled over during the Sitka, Alaska, sac roe herring fishery on Saturday, March 27, 2021. Brannon Finney photos

Herring seiner Sitkinak rolls over on offload

Jessica Hathaway

Herring caught during an acoustic trawl survey of Lynn Canal in Southeast Alaska. NOAA photo.

Herring ho-hum? Alaska season opens with limited interest

Laine Welch

Trident Seafoods’ Aleutian Falcon caught fire at Tacoma’s Pier 12 late Wednesday, Feb. 17. Tacoma Fire Department photo

Port fire: Trident’s 233-foot Aleutian Falcon burns at the dock in Tacoma

Jessica Hathaway

Herring — Atlantic herring. NOAA photo

Alaska herring: Stocks on the rise, but fleet is not finding the right-sized fish

Charlie Ess