Plan Aimed At Preventing Lobster Bait Shortage Up For Debate

WISCASSET, Maine — Fishing regulators say public hearings will take place on a plan to make the Atlantic herring fishery run more smoothly.Herring are a key fish on the East Coast because they are important bait for lucrative species, especially lobster. Last year's lobster season was hindered for several weeks by a herring shortage.The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission is working on a plan to more evenly distribute the herring quota during the fishing year.