Herring Scarce as Season Starts

Herring boats have not been seeing herring yet. Dealers have had pogies, but their empty herring coolers have them on edge. The steep cuts to herring quota have also meant juggling days out landing schedules. Jenny Bichrest at Purseline Bait reports, “A few shut offs have had fish,and there have been a few smaller herring coming off Georges.” She worried about how this bait season is going to play out. There are two days a week when the herring can be landed.
Bichrest said that last year the pattern of arrival for the fish was similar, but this year the quota is down. She added, “Some of the old guys say it is typical for June.”