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Bills to reduce Virginia menhaden catch making some progress

Posted on February 8, 2013 by

By Kathy Adams The Virginian-Pilot © February 8, 2013 Bills to reduce the number of menhaden that may be caught each year are progressing in the House of Delegates. The Senate Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources on Thursday … Continue reading →

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Is hired-gun fisheries scientist Dr. Doug Butterworth Responsible for Menhaden and other Fisheries Collapses?

Posted on November 19, 2012 by

Amazing article on how a hired-gun fisheries scientist, Dr. Doug Butterworth (picture to the left, not the menhaden picture at the top of the article), has been employed repeatedly by the U.S. fishing industry to produce high population estimates for … Continue reading →

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The Secretive Fishery Management Agency that Regulates Menhaden

The Secretive Fishery Management Agency that Regulates Menhaden A pretty enlightening article how the management of menhaden really works. If this is the case for menhaden imagine how all the other fisheries along the coast are managed. Some scarey stuff!

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Why Omega Protein Needs to Decrease Their Catch – First Hand Account of Net Efficiency with Pictures

Posted on August 9, 2012 by

Check this link out for a first hand account of Omega Protein at work with their spotter planes, large ships and large nets taking out a whole school of menhaden. This just can not keep going on. A few pictures … Continue reading →

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Chart Tells the Story of the Menhaden Spawning Biomass Collapse

Posted on May 30, 2012 by

Capt. Wendelin Giebel from Long Island, NY researched accounts of the menhaden fishery going back to Bigelow and Schroeder- Fishes of the Gulf of Maine, G. Brown Goode, NY Times articles dating to the late eighteen hundreds, old fisheries bulletins, local … Continue reading →

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Virginia ASMFC Commisioner Jack Travelstead Not Telling the Whole Story

Posted on May 25, 2012 by

Alison Fairbrother of the Public Trust Project interviewed a number of ASMFC state commissioners on the controversial ten (yes you read that right 10) year restoration target option that will be included in Amendment 2 to the Menhaden Fishery Management … Continue reading →

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Reduction Industry Crosses the Line at ASMFC Technical Committee Meeting

Posted on May 19, 2012 by

By Richen Brame Coastal Conservation Association Atlantic Fisheries Director May 17, 2012 The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission Technical Committee (TC) and Stock Assessment Committee (SAC) process is supposed to be a simple one that allows the members, who come … Continue reading →

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Maryland Attorney General Gansler Eyeing Lawsuit over Menhaden Catch Limits

Posted on May 15, 2012 by

AG says MD may sue if ASMFC doesn’t curb Omega’s harvest enough by Tim Wheeler 8:20 AM EDT, May 15, 2012 Maryland Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler says he’s considering going to court if the interstate panel that regulates Atlantic … Continue reading →

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Report says one forage fish in the water is worth two in the net

Posted on May 7, 2012 by

Predators, including sport fish, sea mammals and birds are susceptible to declines in these species. By Rona Kobell Small fish such as herring, menhaden and anchovies are twice as valuable when left in the ocean as when caught in commercial … Continue reading →

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National Coalition for Marine Conservation Weighs in on the Future of Menhaden

Posted on April 23, 2012 by

The public comment period for the Public Information Document (PID) for Amendment 2 to the Interstate Fishery Management Plan for Atlantic Menhaden closed on April 20th, 2012. We thank all the more than 11,000 members of the public who submitted … Continue reading →

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