Forage Fish

The Latest On: Forage Fish

February 8, 2016 | Article

Court Says Regulators Must Protect Keystone Species from Giant Trawlers

A court has ordered the National Marine Fisheries Service to consider immediately adding river herring and shad to its federal Fisheries Management Plan in order to help the species recover.

January 20, 2016 | Legal Document

River Herring and Shad - Federal Court Order

Court finds agency violated law by failing to consider environmental impact of omitting vital fish from management plan

January 20, 2016 | Press Release

Federal Judge Rules Government Must Consider Immediate Protections for River Herring and Shad

Court finds agency violated law by failing to consider environmental impact of omitting vital fish from management plan

October 28, 2015 | Press Release

Palau Creates National Marine Sanctuary

This action establishes one of the world's largest marine protected areas

October 5, 2015 | Letter

Catch Caps for River Herring and Shad in FY2016-2018

Letter to Regional Administrator John Bullard, NMFS, Greater Atlantic Regional Fisheries Office, on behalf of Earthjustice's clients in Flaherty v. Bryson, urging him to reject the New England Council’s recommendation for the river herring and shad (RH/S) catch caps in the proposed 2016-2018 Atlantic herring specifications.

June 12, 2015 | Article

To Save the Whales, You Must First Save the Sardines

Sardines are in need of protections like those the menhaden, a similar species, received after their population reached the verge of collapse.

June 11, 2015 | Article

Climate Change Leaves Fish and Crabs Gasping for Breath

Rising water temperatures and falling oxygen levels are forcing Atlantic cod, rock crab and other species to make for the North and South Poles, stressing the ocean food chain to the breaking point.

February 10, 2015 | Press Release

Groups Go To Court to Protect Blueback Herring from Extinction

Challenge flawed decision not to list imperiled river herring as a “threatened species”

February 9, 2015 | Legal Document

Legal Document: Groups Go To Court to Protect Blueback Herring from Extinction

Earthjustice, NRDC and a coalition of fishing and watershed protection groups filed a complaint today in federal court seeking to reverse a decision by the National Marine Fisheries Service not to list the blueback herring as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act.