SOUTH KINGSTOWN – A seagull, standing on a rock in the Saugatucket River, waddled closer to the seam of foamy water swirling by. There, in the crashing shallows below the Main Street Dam, the gull ...

The Department of Marine Resource has closed several fishing areas along the Maine coast to protect the spawning stock of herring. The closure went into effect on Sept. 24 and extends through Oct. 21.

It may be hard to imagine now, but come spring herring will make their way up rivers and streams around the Cape to spawn in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE - The Ruth & Pat, a herring seine boat, motors out of the fog, Friday, July 27, 2018, off the coast of South Portland, Maine.

PORTLAND, Maine (CBS/AP) — The East Coast herring fishing industry will be almost completely shut down for the rest of the year. Herring fishing is a major marine industry in New England, but the ...

ROCKLAND, Maine (AP) - Commercial fishing for herring will all but shut down in the inshore Gulf of Maine for about two months to help conserve the species. Atlantic herring are an important bait fish ...