@aspelagicsnet.bsky.socialSteve Atkinson of the Virginia Saltwater Sportfishing Association is calling for more limits on #menhaden fishing in the Chesapeake Bay. His argument misrepresents the science and ignores the union workers and fishing families that depend on the fishery
@beachgoods.bsky.social@aspelagicsnet.bsky.socialThe Forage Fish Campaign's Whit Fosburgh made several misleading claims about #menhaden on The Qualified Captain podcast. We’ve corrected the record on 12 of those claims, addressing the science, fishing rules, American jobs & coastal communities at stake.
@onthemarkshorelife.bsky.socialHelp save NJ's coastal food web! Email [email protected] by Oct 19 to cut the menhaden catch limit by 40% so our whales, bass, and ospreys have enough to eat. #Menhaden #NJFishing #SaveOurOceans #StripedBass #MarineConservation
@patrlynch1.bsky.socialAtlantic Menhaden plate. From my book A Field Guide to The Mid-Atlantic Coast, Yale University Press, a.co/d/6rKgbMQ
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@aspelagicsnet.bsky.socialThink large mature #menhaden are disappearing? This Chesapeake Bay fisherman was trying to catch spot but ended up with totes full of big bunker — so many that he pulled his nets and called it a season. Watch the video and see for yourself.
@beachgoods.bsky.socialThe constant this week has been declining fish populations so the east coast needs to be thinking about this when the fishery is called "industrial reduction fishery", www.cbf.org/stories/save... #baitfish #chesapeakebay #commercialwatermen #industrialreductionfishery #menhaden #osprey #wtf
@jamesfalletti.bsky.social@jamesfalletti.bsky.social#Ospreys are sending a warning.
2026 research found reproductive problems from the Chesapeake through #NewJersey, #LongIsland and New England. Coastal ospreys averaged just 0.59 young per pair.
Food stress and scarce #Menhaden (bunker) are major concerns
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