Menhaden

Virginia has little interest in impacting the 300 jobs affected by reducing Menhaden fishing, a critical feeder fish for the Chesapeake, or stopping aggressive crab trapping.

Gary Liberson, PhD: Is It Worth Cleaning the Chesapeake If There Are No More Watermen? PhD Gary Liberson 2011

Until I mastered throwing a cast net for Menhaden/Bunker ..

Fun With Bait Collection 2009

Menhaden were once abundant along the Atlantic seaboard, forming schools up to 40 miles long.

Lee Crockett: Overfishing 101: A Small Fish With Big Problems Lee Crockett 2011

• Little coordination of Menhaden feeder fish harvesting as they go up the Chesapeake.

Gary Liberson, PhD: Is It Worth Cleaning the Chesapeake If There Are No More Watermen? PhD Gary Liberson 2011

Until I mastered throwing a cast net for Menhaden/Bunker ..

Fun With Bait Collection 2009

Virginia has little interest in impacting the 300 jobs affected by reducing Menhaden fishing, a critical feeder fish for the Chesapeake, or stopping aggressive crab trapping.

Gary Liberson, PhD: Is It Worth Cleaning the Chesapeake If There Are No More Watermen? PhD Gary Liberson 2011

All of the fish were Menhaden, which are especially sensitive to such changes, and they may have been dead for days prior to washing up on the beach.

Fairhaven, MA: Dead Fish Wash Ashore In Thousands, Lack Of Oxygen In Warm Waters To Blame (VIDEO) 2010

All of the fish were Menhaden, which are especially sensitive to such changes, and they may have been dead for days prior to washing up on the beach.

Fairhaven, MA: Dead Fish Wash Ashore In Thousands, Lack Of Oxygen In Warm Waters To Blame (VIDEO) 2010

I like Pollard but as someone who lives on the the Bay, has a boat and loves Rockfishing, I wish he was more supportive of the Menhaden issue and not just giving Omega protein free reign.

99th House District 2007

Menhaden, flounder, sea trout, spot, croaker, and striped bass are among the more familiar fish that depend on coastal wetlands.

Wetland 2008