Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission

A group of experts is recommending to keep New England’s shrimp fishing industry closed down because of concerns about the health of the population. The industry has been shut down since 2013. Scientists have said the shrimp are in jeopardy in part because of the warming of waters off New England. A board of the regulatory Atlantic States Marine Fisheries…

Fishing managers on the East Coast began the daunting process Monday of implementing new restrictions on lobster fishing that are designed to protect a vanishing species of whale. A team organized by the federal government recommended last week that the number of vertical trap lines in the water be reduced by about half. The lines have entrapped and drowned the...

Interstate fishing regulators are holding hearings on the East Coast about a plan to protect herring off of New England when the fish are spawning.

Interstate fishery regulators will soon begin work on a new effort to get a handle on the population health of horseshoe crabs on the East Coast.

The federal government is reviewing the status of a pair of river herring species to see if the little fish should be listed under the Endangered Species Act.

An interstate panel that manages fisheries voted on Tuesday against a plan to try to preserve the declining southern New England lobster population with new fishing restrictions.

A plan to try to slow the decline of southern New England’s lobster population with new fishing restrictions is up for a potential final vote this week.

New restrictions are coming to southern New England’s lobster fishery to try to save the area’s population of the crustaceans.

New restrictions on lobster fishing are up for a vote as regulators try to slow the loss of the valuable crustaceans from southern New England waters.

The public will have a chance to comment on a plan to change the way New England’s shuttered shrimp fishery is managed with an eye toward saving it.