Experts call on government to protect herring

Via www.pressofatlanticcity.com:

More than 100 fishing, conservation, science and faith-based organizations signed a letter sent Tuesday to the U.S. Secretary of Commerce calling for emergency action to protect river herring caught offshore.

"River herring play an important role in the ecosystem as prey for predator fish, marine mammals and seabirds," Brooks Mountcastle, mid-Atlantic representative for the Marine Fish Conservation Network, said in a statement. "Failing to act would mean more than the loss of a species, but a loss of profound cultural and historical significance for many coastal communities."

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