Herring industry to get $11M to cope with fishery disaster

ASSOCIATED PRESS • May 5, 2022

The federal government is giving the Atlantic herring fishing industry in four states more than $11 million to cope with instability in the fishery. A scientific assessment in 2020 found that herring are overfished, and quotas for the fish were reduced dramatically. The federal government declared a “fishery disaster,” which cleared the way for assistance.