NEW BEDFORD -- One by one, nearly all the major fisheries of the Northwest Atlantic have become fully or overexploited in recent years. One that hasn't has been the Atlantic herring, and the potential ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The federal government is defending its move to cut the herring quota for fishermen in the region. (Doug Kerr/CBC - image credit) ...

Canada's Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) is defending its decision to reduce the Atlantic herring quota in the Bay of Fundy by 5,000 metric tons. The recent cuts to the herring quota on ...

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Fisheries and Oceans Canada is defending its July decision to reduce the herring quota in the Bay of Fundy, after a major New Brunswick employer blamed the decision for major layoffs. "We recognize ...