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 …
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Md. Anglers Sue Virginia For Menhaden Quota Increase
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 …
How Gulf Sportfish Are Affected by Purse Seining for Menhaden
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 …
Making Sense of Menhaden
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 …
VA House committee kills bill banning menhaden reduction fishery in Chesapeake Bay
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 …
Increase approved for menhaden harvest along the Atlantic Coast
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 …
Massive fish spill may lead to new restrictions in Louisiana waters
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 …
Sport fishermen call for end of menhaden fishing in Chesapeake Bay
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 …
Groups Call For Ban On Chesapeake Bay Menhaden Netting
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 …
Shark Warzone Along Hamptons Beaches
South Fork Salt with some more epic drone footage.