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October 17, 2014 | Legal Document

River Herring - Notice of Intent to Sue

Earthjustice and NRDC Join Fishing and Watershed Groups to File Notice to Sue to Protect Imperiled River Herring

October 17, 2014 | Article

Earthjustice, NRDC, Fishing & Watershed Groups File Notice to Sue for ESA Protection of Imperiled River Herring

The Endangered Species Act is clear. Given the imperiled status of blueback herring and the lack of sufficient action by regulators to stem the decline of river herring, a threatened designation for blueback herring is now necessary to jump start recovery.

August 13, 2014 | Article

A Rejuvenating Display of Ocean Abundance

In the fight to protect the health of our planet and of our communities, we all need sweet moments of inspiration to refuel and rejuvenate us. I’ve just had one in Monterey Bay, California.

July 31, 2014 | Article

Atlantic Forage Fish Need Oversight of Industrial Trawl Fleet

Scientists and fishermen agree that the industrial midwater trawl fleet is taking a toll on many species on the Atlantic Coast. Unfortunately, an important action to rein in this damage is facing a substantial delay.

May 15, 2014 | Article

Update: Menhaden Fishing Cap - Promising Results for the Most Important Fish in the Sea

By 2011, it was estimated that menhaden had been reduced to just 10 percent of their historic levels. Something had to be done.

May 5, 2014 | Article

Are the Feds Studying River Herring to Death?

The industrial Atlantic herring and mackerel fisheries continue to kill river herring by the millions as “incidental catch” with little oversight and no meaningful accountability.

November 8, 2013 | Press Release

Fishermen Sue National Fisheries Service to Protect River Herring and Shad from Industrial Trawlers

Recent decision to kill new plan violated federal law

August 15, 2013 | Article

Troubled Waters for Atlantic Herring

Pity the lowly herring, an essential species getting little love these days from the government agencies that are supposed to protect them.

December 14, 2012 | Article

Big Day For Little Fish

The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission has finally responded to sound science and a huge public outcry by imposing the first ever coastwide fishing cap on the catch of a little fish known as the menhaden.

October 29, 2012 | Article

Speak Up for the “Most Important Fish in the Sea”

Now is the time to speak up for the "Most Important Fish in the Sea."

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