3 Virginia Bills Aim to Curb Industrial Menhaden Fishing Conservation Groups Say Falling Numbers Har
Groups Say Falling Numbers Harm Other Species
Menhaden, the controversial oily fish, are making waves early in the General Assembly legislative session.
Three bills have been filed that would curb menhaden catches by the only reduction fishery allowed in the Chesapeake Bay and to study the population, which some conservation groups have said is declining in the Bay and spurring suffering among other species.
Ocean Harvesters, which contracts with Omega Protein, is a purse seine reduction fishery in...
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