HAMPTON, Va. — A new scientific assessment released this week shows that Atlantic menhaden populations are significantly lower than previously estimated, potentially prompting major reductions in ...

Environmental groups and large-scale fishing operations have sparred for years on how to manage Atlantic menhaden, a small but important fish in the East Coast ecosystem. Now, a regional regulatory ...

This article is brought to you by the Louisiana Commercial Fishing Coalition LLC. For generations, Louisiana’s menhaden fishing industry has supported small coastal communities and harvested a ...

WASHINGTON, DC / ACCESS Newswire / May 4, 2026 / A proposed Atlantic menhaden management addendum aimed at Virginia's Chesapeake purse seine fishery is being driven by a simple claim: that a shift in ...

This article is brought to you by the Louisiana Commercial Fisheries Coalition LLC. Along Louisiana’s working coastlines, a small silver fish powers a vast network of food, health, and agriculture.

A multistate commission has stepped in to do what Virginia lawmakers should have done long ago: impose restrictions on menhaden fishing. The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission has voted to ...

Along Louisiana’s working coastlines, a small silver fish powers a vast network of food, health, and agriculture. Known as menhaden, sometimes called pogies, this humble species forms the backbone of ...

A closely watched study of how many redfish and other species the industrial menhaden industry nets and ultimately kills off of Louisiana’s coast shows the numbers are not as bad as some had feared, ...