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Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission is holding industry accountable over harvest limits for
menhaden, and requiring circle hooks in angling for striped bass. With your help, we spoke up this …
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… place.” That’s essentially what Omega Protein is saying about its harvest of Atlantic
menhaden, a vital forage fish for the Hudson River Estuary and the entire East Coast. Omega …
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… seines,” the enormous nets being used by industrial fishing operations, to harvest Atlantic
menhaden (also known as “bunker”) in New York State waters. The Assembly passed the measure on …
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… driving the effort to win the Marine Stewardship Council’s sustainability label for the Atlantic
menhaden fishery. Riverkeeper and our allies are trying to prevent this, given the vital role of …
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… contacted John Waldman from CUNY Queens, migratory fish expert. “It’s a school of
menhaden filter feeding.” I asked if he had seen or heard of them on Newtown Creek before….. …
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Menhaden, the “Most Important Fish in the Sea” In 2019 and 2020, we scored two big wins for
menhaden, a tiny but critical fish species that’s often dubbed “the most important fish in the …
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… of Engineers. Legislation to do just that passed the House and Senate in December. Protecting
menhaden, “the most important fish in the sea.” We helped score a big win for a critical …
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… and determine the cause of mortality. The fish appeared to be from a single species – Atlantic
menhaden, known locally as bunker. More were seen scattered along the shorelines at Red Hook, …
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