ASMFC Menhaden Board Considering Quota Changes Based on New Stock Data
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Saving Menhaden Fisheries] - April 1, 2015 -
The ASMFC's Menhaden Board's chair Robert Boyle from South Carolina said the latest assessment has set the stage for them to discuss how they want to move forward in sustainably managing Atlantic menhaden.
The Atlantic Menhaden Management Board approved the 2014 benchmark menhaden stock assessment for management purposes at the winter ASMFC meeting this past week in Alexandria, Virginia.
The assessment found that menhaden are not being overfished and overfishing is not occurring relative to the current ...
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