Recreational Fishing Advocates Call for Menhaden Limits
Recreational fishing industry leaders are calling on President Trump to limit industrial fishing of forage fish, such as menhaden.
Forage fish, also called bait fish, serve as food for other species. In recent years, oversight of the menhaden reduction fishery in Virginia has been debated through regulation requests and ongoing court cases that sought to reduce the catch amounts. Industry fisheries at the center of the conversation, such as Reedville-based Omega Protein, have long denied that their operations create a lack of fish.
Steve Atkinson, chairman of the Virginia Saltwater Sportfishing Association...
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