UVic researchers are using satellites in a novel way to help track the spectacular herring spawning that occurs each spring off Vancouver Island, bringing turquoise waves to Island shores.

"A real mystery." Researchers issue warning after discovering concerning pattern along US coastline: 'Something is going on, ...

But the phenomenal annual spawning events of the Pacific herring, which often aggregate densely along the Richmond and downtown San Francisco shorelines, have been losing their grandeur.

Soon, in late February and peaking in March, the herring spawn will return to coastal shores, including Howe Sound. Jake Dingwall, a master’s student at the University of Victoria, is studying ...

Critics, including First Nations and conservationists, are calling for a moratorium on the herring harvest this year, arguing ...

The herring narrowly escaped extinction in the late twentieth century and while some populations, such as the Norwegian spring-spawning herring, have recovered to healthy levels, others continue to be ...

Three Southeast Alaskans delivered “traditional knowledge reports” to the Alaska Board of Fisheries this week (2-3-25). It’s the first time Indigenous perspective has been officially incorporated into ...

Groups are working to shut down a local fishery they say has potential to endanger not just the herring it fishes, but the ...