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 ...

As a young man, I can remember lots of trawlers moored next to each other in Douglas, Peel and Port St Mary in particular’ ...

The fundraiser was postponed on Jan. 10 after sea lions surrounded the fishing boats and got into the nets, forcing fishermen ...

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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.

Despite a November 2024 declaration from six WSANEC chiefs calling for an immediate moratorium, Fisheries and Oceans Canada ...

PEMBROKE – On a Wednesday morning, Samantha Dempsey and her three children arrived at the Pembroke Historical Herring Run Park by 9 a.m. for their sixth visit this spring. Mikey, 5, ran ahead of his ...

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 ...