
Conservation Groups Petition to Increase Regulation of Menhaden Nets
A coalition of recreational fishing and boating groups is endorsing a petition that calls on the Virginia Marine Resources Commission (VMRC) to increase regulation of …
A coalition of recreational fishing and boating groups is endorsing a petition that calls on the Virginia Marine Resources Commission (VMRC) to increase regulation of …
A group of anglers in Maryland has taken legal action against Virginia fishery managers for over-harvesting of menhaden in the Chesapeake Bay—a lucrative little fish …
Researchers from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association, the University of Miami, and the University of Florida recently completed a study that modeled the ecosystem …
In the Chesapeake Bay, a fight is raging over a little fish with an outsized importance. Menhaden management has become a flashpoint in the overarching …
Legislative attempts to put a two-year moratorium on the menhaden reduction fishery in the Chesapeake Bay and expand the time period during which state officials …
East Coast fishery managers have approved increasing commercial harvests of Atlantic menhaden from Maine to Florida. The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission, which regulates near-shore …
While it may seem like a given that dumping almost a million dead fish and abandoning an industrial-size net would be illegal, a recent incident off the …
The Virginia Saltwater Sportfishing Association and several others have an online petition calling on Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin to ban menhaden fishing in the Bay and …
A letter dated June 14 and signed by 21 groups of anglers and conservationists was sent to Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin asking him to close …
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