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Virginia’s long-running debate over Atlantic menhaden centers on whether heavy industrial fishing in the Chesapeake Bay is harming the ecosystem. […]

Maryland and Virginia are clashing over the Atlantic Menhaden, a small forage fish vital to the Chesapeake Bay ecosystem. Virginia’s

Coalition Pushes for Pausing Industrial Menhaden Extraction in the Chesapeake Bay While Scientific Study is Completed As lawmakers prepare to

A poll of 600 Virginia voters shows 92% support leaving more menhaden in Chesapeake Bay. Omega Protein’s industrial reduction fishery

Atlantic fisheries regulators adopted a modest 20% menhaden quota reduction for 2026, despite new assessments showing populations are 37% lower

Menhaden — also known as pogies or bunker — are small oily fish that feed nearly everything in the Atlantic.

Across the Chesapeake Bay, fishermen are reeling in fewer striped bass. Many osprey have stopped laying eggs, and chicks that

Sportfishing and environmental groups demand stronger protections for menhaden, a small forage fish crucial to Atlantic and Gulf Coast ecosystems.

Three bills in Virginia’s General Assembly target menhaden fishing in Chesapeake Bay, responding to conservationists’ concerns about declining populations affecting