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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. More menhaden are caught off the Louisiana coast each year than shrimp, crab and oysters combined. (Photo courtesy of the ...

RICHMOND – Del. Ed Scott (R-Culpeper) is sponsoring legislation that would limit the catch of Atlantic menhaden in Virginia each year. The bill establishes an annual total catch of 144,272.84 metric ...

Projection Shows Annual Catch Limits Have Been Set More Than 275 Million Pounds Higher Than They Should Have Been for Past Six Years On Oct. 28, the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) ...

Two boats slide off the back of their mothership and into the Gulf’s green waters. Then the real work begins. With waves rocking them, the boats begin to separate, unspooling a net bigger than five ...

Sportfishing and environmental groups say tougher regulations are urgently needed for commercial catch of menhaden, a small species crucial to ecosystems along the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf Coast. A ...

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, ...

Projection Shows Annual Catch Limits Have Been Set More Than 275 Million Pounds Higher Than They Should Have Been for Past Six Years "As most know, Atlantic Menhaden are a critically important species ...

FLORAL PARK, N.Y., Oct. 21, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The American Saltwater Guides Association ("ASGA"), a coalition of forward-thinking guides, small business owners and like-minded anglers who ...