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- Chart Tells the Story of the Menhaden Spawning Biomass Collapse
- Virginia ASMFC Commisioner Jack Travelstead Not Telling the Whole Story
- Reduction Industry Crosses the Line at ASMFC Technical Committee Meeting
- Maryland Attorney General Gansler Eyeing Lawsuit over Menhaden Catch Limits
- ASMFC Colluding with Omega Protein over Menhaden? Read and Decide for Yourself
Groups Working to Save Menhaden
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- Bass Pro Shops
- Chesapeake Bay Foundation
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- Fly Fishers of Virginia
- Friends of the Rappahannock
- Great Bridge Fisherman’s Association
- Green Top Sporting Goods
- Greenpeace
- James River Association
- Jersey Coast Anglers Association
- Lateral Line Fishing Clothing
- Maryland Saltwater Sportfishermen’s Association
- Massachusetts Striped Bass Association
- Menhaden Defenders
- National Coalition for Marine Conservation
- Peninsula Saltwater Sport Fishing Association
- Pennsylvania Striped Bass Association
- Plum Island Surfcasters (MA)
- Portsmouth Anglers’ Club
- Public Trust Project
- RFA
- Rhode Island Saltwater Anglers' Association
- Save the Bunker
- Striped Bass Conservation Coalition
- Stripers Forever
- Tidewater Anglers Club
- Virginia Anglers Club
- Virginia Beach Anglers’ Club
- Virginia Coastal Fly Anglers
- Virginia Conservation Network
- Virginia Fly Fishing Festival
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ASMFC Makes Historic Move to Restore Menhaden
Note from National Coalition of Marine Conservation (NCMC) **Public Comment period for Addendum V open until 5:00 pm EST on November 2, 2011 If you care about menhaden, striped bass, bluefish, bluefin tuna, osprey and other seabirds, whales, the health … Continue reading
Posted in Action Needed, Articles on Menhaden, Menhaden In the News
Tagged asmfc, atlantic Menhaden, bait, baitfish, Conservation, Fish Conservation, fishing, fishing news, menhaden, menhaden coaliation, menhaden in the news, omega protein, Outdoors, overfishing, save menhaden, Sports, Stiped Bass
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Upcoming Menhaden Meetings – Attend one in your area
9/26 (7 PM): ASMFC Public Hearing on Draft Addendum V to Amendment 1 to the Interstate Fishery Management for Atlantic Menhaden Delaware Dept. of Natural Resources & Environmental Control, Lewes Field Facility, 901 Pilottown Road, Lewes, Delaware. For more information, … Continue reading
Next Moves on Menhaden – by Charlie Hutchinson
On August 2 the Menhaden Management Board voted to put a proposal for changing menhaden management methods out for public comment. Apparently the menhaden situation has now gotten serious enough that most of the 15 states that make up the … Continue reading
Critique of the Proposed New ASMFC Fishery Plan
Charlie Hutchinson from MSSA with some thoughts on the menhaden management situation along the East Coast with his Critique of the new ASMFC Proposed Menhaden Fishery Plan. —- At the last meeting of the Menhaden Management Board, the commissioners directed … Continue reading
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Tagged Chesapeake Bay, fishing, menhaden, omega protein, Outdoors, overfishing
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Menhaden Bills Await Your Action Contact Virginia Legislators Now
Atlantic Menhaden – Critical to coastal food chain Five bills concerning menhaden are before the Virginia General Assembly. The bills are summarized below. You will no doubt want to contact members of the two committees (listed below), which will hear … Continue reading
NORTHAM AND COSGROVE INTRODUCE MENHADEN MANAGEMENT LEGISLATION IN VIRGINIA
Commonsense Transfer to VMRC Will Increase Regulatory Certainty, Protect Jobs Senator Ralph S. Northam (D – Norfolk) has introduced SB 765 to transfer management authority for menhaden from the Virginia General Assembly to the Virginia Marine Resources Commission. Delegate John … Continue reading
Statement to ASMFC on Behalf of the Menhaden Coalition
The letter below was read at the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission Meeting on August 3, 2010 in Alexandria, VA. Mr. Chairman, distinguished commissioners: I’m Jerry Benson, and I’m speaking on behalf of 34 organizations whose members are alarmed at … Continue reading
MSSA’s Message to ASMFC Menhaden Management Board
Management Not Process A letter and public comment from MSSA’s Menhaden Committee Chair, Charlie Hutchinson, to the ASMFC Menhaden Management Board meeting August 3, 2010 @ 3:00 P.M. Dear Management Board- Just once I would like to come to one … Continue reading
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Tagged commerical fishing, fishing news, menhaden, menhaden muddle
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Menhaden Muddle Series – Multi Part Series – By Charlie Hutchinson
Menhaden Muddle Part 1 This column will be the first in a series describing the increasingly serious problem of a declining stock of menhaden. First order of business is to define the problem. While that ought to be simple and … Continue reading
Menhaden Population Decline 1979-2009
No matter how you look at it, menhaden abundance is down 86% in last 30 years and down 88% in last 25 years. There really is not much to say other than we need to greatly curtail the commercial harvesting … Continue reading
