A plan to restore fish passage in the Blackstone River still faces obstacles over funding and questions over working with hydropower companies.

When Slater Mill opened in 1793, it signaled the eventual demise of river herring and other migratory fish in the Blackstone River. That might change.

To err is human, sure, but herring is divine. Especially at this time of the year and you needn’t be a Borscht Belt comedian to know it. “This year is fabulous,” says Sandy Ingber… ...

Herring fish communicate by releasing gas from their swim bladders, which are connected to their anal ducts. This creates small bubbles in the water that produce the clicking sounds heard in the ...

If you do get your hands on some fresh fish, here is a good set of instructions on how to filet herring (and, if you’re so inclined, to make fermented picked herring). I don’t recommend frying ...

Joe Cascio, 20, also of Oceanside, loves herring fishing for the fast action. He works at Long Island Outdoors, a rod and gun shop in Rockville Centre, and also frequents Magnolia Pier.

The Department of Fish and Game began performing consistent surveys of Sitka herring populations in 1974, and the resulting data show steady growth in herring stocks since then.

Herring are unloaded from a fishing boat in Rockland, Maine, July 8, 2015. Conservative and business interests that want to limit the power of regulators think they have a winner in the Atlantic ...

The California Department of Fish and Game has proposed an indefinite ban on herring fishing in San Francisco Bay, a move that fishermen believe could kill the last major commercial fishery inside ...

The commercial fishing industry received a reprieve Friday when the state Fish and Game Commission backed off a move to impose a ban on herring fishing in San Francisco Bay. The commission instead ...

The Sitka Sound sac roe herring fishery is in full swing. In less than a week, the fleet has caught over half of its quota. And while most crew members work on the water, spotter pilots fish for ...