Forage Fish
![a sandlance pokes its head out of the sand on the seafloor](/media/img/20231019-sandlance-1000.jpg)
Sand lance
Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary and the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management partnered for groundbreaking research to understand the ecological and commercial value of sand habitat. Video Credit: BOEM/NOAA SBNMS
Herring
SBNMS is a member of the New England Fishery Management Council Herring Advisory Panel. See our recent engagement with the Council to support protections for herring in Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary.