NMFS Increases Atlantic Herring Catch Limits Due to New Brunswick Weir Fishery Data

Summary

The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) has adjusted the 2019 Atlantic herring annual catch limit and Area 1A sub-annual catch limit by 1,000 metric tons, following data from the New Brunswick weir fishery, which indicates less than 4,000 metric tons of herring were landed as of October 1.