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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 … Read More

… 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 … Read More

… 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 … Read More

… 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 … Read More

… 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….. … Read More

… iconic and regionally important species call the Hudson River estuary home: from striped bass, menhaden, American eel, and American shad, to Atlantic sturgeon, shortnose sturgeon, river herring, … Read More

… success, with sightings of humpback whales, minke whales, dozens of dolphins, and many schools of menhaden (bunker fish). Don’t miss this exciting opportunity to witness the rebounding beauty … Read More

… prey struggling in turbulent waters. Discrete contingents of striped bass will harass schools of menhaden in coastal waters, and others will settle around rips or current edges, waiting in ambush … Read More