Herring heyday.

PositionSTATELINE - Massachusetts fishery policy - Brief article

Massachusetts is in the first year of a three-year state ban oil harvesting, possessing or selling river herring. The state approved the moratorium in response to several years of a steadily declining stock of alewives and blueback herring. Having fewer herring means less food for osprey, seals, fox, otters and the big bass that rely on them for sustenance. Fines for violating the ban range...

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