PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The federal government is shutting down the harvest of an important species of fish for the rest of the year because of concerns about overfishing. Fishermen from Maine to North ...

NOAA scientists have found that environmental factors have changed the distribution patterns of Atlantic mackerel (Scomber scombrus), a marine species found in waters from Cape Hatteras to ...

For the first time, the Atlantic mackerel — native to the Gulf of Maine — has been added to a federal list of overfished species. The listing appeared in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric ...

The moratorium on commercial mackerel fishing in Atlantic Canada is threatening to take a big bite out of the Maritimes' lucrative rod-and-reel bluefin tuna fishery. With the season in Nova Scotia set ...

The surprise closings last month of the mackerel fishery in Atlantic Canada and the herring fishery in the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence will have knock-on effects for a large number of fishermen who ...

WWF is disappointed that the final round of negotiations over Northeast Atlantic mackerel quotas between the European Union (EU), Norway, Iceland and the Faroe Islands failed to result in an agreement ...

Canada's Department of Fisheries and Oceans is cutting the Atlantic mackerel quota by 20 per cent in 2019, after a recent assessment concluded the stock remains in the "critical zone." The quota cut ...

WWF is disappointed that the final round of negotiations over Northeast Atlantic mackerel quotas between the European Union (EU), Norway, Iceland and the Faroe Islands failed to result in an agreement ...