Pew's Peter Baker on a Historic Vote for River Herring

Pew's Peter Baker on a Historic Vote for River Herring

On Wednesday, June 20, the New England Fishery Management Council voted on five key measures in the Atlantic herring fishery. Peter Baker, director of Northeast Fisheries Programs for the Pew Environment Group, discusses this major step forward and what it means for this small, but incredibly important fish and for the region's industrial Atlantic herring trawl fleet.