The ban will apply to pelagic stocks like herring and whiting from next year, and to white fish stocks from January 2016.

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Yes, the White House is being slippery, even earning a false rating from PolitiFact, but this is red herring (there I go again) issue.

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All around us, gannets those mesmerizing white-bodied, black-winged migratory seabirds torpedoed the water, hunting their favorite food, the herring.

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