Massachusetts Sustainable Fishery Management Plan for River Herring – Herring River

The objective of this sustainable fishery management plan (SFMP) is to allow a reopening of the recreational river herring fishery in the Herring River. River herring in the Herring River consist of two species, alewife (Alosa pseudoharengus) and blueback herring (Alosa aestivalis). Alewife are most numerous, arriving typically in late-March on spawning runs that can…