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Urge mid-Atlantic fishery managers to protect threatened river herring and shad in federal waters
The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council is to meet Oct. 11-13 in Galloway, N.J. and is expected to advance new protections for river herring and American shad at sea that will contribute to the re… Read More
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Incidental Capture of Shad and River Herring threatens East Coast Fisheries
RvK Urges adoption of measures to monitor and reduce bycatch American shad and river herring populations are at historic lows coast-wide. In the Hudson River, the shad fishery which dates back to colo… Read More
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Take Action to Stop Ocean Bycatch and Restore Shad and Herring Populations
American shad and river herring populations are at historic lows coast-wide. In the Hudson River the historic shad fishery, which dates back to colonial times, was recently closed due to dwindling pop… Read More
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Where have all the herring gone?
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Rvk Calls on ASMFC to Protect Shad & River Herring
On January 1, 2009, Riverkeeper submitted comments on the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s (ASMFC) Draft Amendment 2 to the Interstate Fishery Management Plan for Shad and River Herring… Read More
