Reports
  Out of Balance (1.95 Mb) – A comprehensive report detailing the pivotal role Atlantic herring play in the region’s ecosystem and economy and the threat of the industrial-scale herring fleet that jeopardizes the health of this key resource.
 River Herring (5.73 Mb) – A special report revealing that river herring populations are disappearing from the Atlantic seaboard and that fishery managers need to pay more attention to bycatch at sea by industrial midwater trawl fishing.
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Letter to NEFMC Herring Committee requesting development of a strong set of management alternatives for reducing incidental catch of river herring and shad at sea
July 19, 2010
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Letter to the NEFMC requesting that Amendment 5 include a full range of alternatives that allow for improved catch monitoring and reduction of bycatch
April 20, 2010
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Letter to NEFMC Herring Committee regarding our priorities and specific recommendations for Amendment 5 to the Atlantic Herring FMP
March 26, 2010
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Letter to the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council requesting that Amendment 14 include a comprehensive and coordinated bycatch monitoring and reduction strategy for river herring and shad in Mid-Atlantic small mesh fisheries
July 9, 2010
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NEFMC letter to U.S. Secretary of Commerce regarding bycatch in small mesh fishery
June 26, 2009
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Letter from commercial fishing, recreational fishing and environmental organizations regarding river herring bycatch.
June 17, 2009
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Letter to U.S. Secretary of Commerce from ASMFC and MAFMC requesting Emergency Action
May 27, 2009
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Comments to NMFS on 2010-2012 catch limits
May 20, 2010
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Letter to NEFC Herring PDT Chair regarding contemplated changes to the Atlantic Herring FMP's overfishing control rule
September 14, 2009
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Letter to NEFMC Herring Committee and Herring Plan Development Team regarding at-sea catch monitoring alternatives for Atlantic Herring FMP
August 4, 2009
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