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Menhaden

Menhaden Fisheries Coalition analysis finds widely repeated claims “simply not supported by the record”. Photo courtesy of Shutterstock

Scientists did not recommend a 54 percent cut to the menhaden TAC

Carli Stewart

LDFW revisited its coastal buffer rules for the state’s menhaden fishery on Nov. 6. Photo courtesy of Shutterstock

Clash between anglers and industry as Louisiana narrows buffer zones

Carli Stewart

Menhaden are being caught and processed in Louisiana. Photo courtesy of LAFB

Louisiana menhaden debate heats up

Carli Stewart

A school of menhaden. NOAA photo/Jerry Prezioso.

Groups push back after ASMFC approves 20 percent menhaden quota cut

Carli Stewart

Commercial fishing group calls proposed cut “unscientific and absurd." Photo courtesy of Shutterstock

Fishermen push back on proposed 55 percent cut to menhaden quota

Carli Stewart

Crew members working Ocean Harvesters purse boats earn $70,000 for seven months plus benefits. At a Sept. 15 press conference the company introduced the new $9 million fish steamer Tangier Sound to show what the company gives back to the community. Larry

Larry_Chowning

Ocean Harvesters fight to keep fishing

Larry Chowning

The F/V Tangier Sound is the newest boat in Virginia's Ocean Harvesters fleet at Reedville, Va., built by Omega Shipyard Inc.. in Moss Point, Miss. Larry Chowning photo.

Larry_Chowning

Ocean Harvesters welcome new menhaden seiner

Larry Chowning

A Gulf of Mexico menhaden steamer and purse boats from the vantage point of a drone camera. NOAA photo.

Menhaden not key forage for other Gulf species, study says

NF Staff

A Gulf of Mexico menhaden steamer and purse boats from the vantage point of a drone camera. NOAA photo.

Gulf menhaden fishery no threat to red drum, study finds

NF Staff

Former NMFS biologist Joe Smith’s encyclopedic book, Menhaden: A Biologist’s Thirty-Two-Year Journey with the Fish and Fishery, is rich with information and likely to become required reading for fishery science students. Palmetto Publishing image.

Menhaden: A Biologist’s Thirty-Two-Year Journey with the Fish and Fishery

Paul Molyneaux

Photo by Larry Chowning

ASMFC pressured to maintain menhaden catch limits

Chris Chase

Menhaden Fisheries Coalition analysis finds widely repeated claims “simply not supported by the record”. Photo courtesy of Shutterstock

Scientists did not recommend a 54 percent cut to the menhaden TAC

Carli Stewart

LDFW revisited its coastal buffer rules for the state’s menhaden fishery on Nov. 6. Photo courtesy of Shutterstock

Clash between anglers and industry as Louisiana narrows buffer zones

Carli Stewart

Menhaden are being caught and processed in Louisiana. Photo courtesy of LAFB

Louisiana menhaden debate heats up

Carli Stewart

A school of menhaden. NOAA photo/Jerry Prezioso.

Groups push back after ASMFC approves 20 percent menhaden quota cut

Carli Stewart

Commercial fishing group calls proposed cut “unscientific and absurd." Photo courtesy of Shutterstock

Fishermen push back on proposed 55 percent cut to menhaden quota

Carli Stewart

Crew members working Ocean Harvesters purse boats earn $70,000 for seven months plus benefits. At a Sept. 15 press conference the company introduced the new $9 million fish steamer Tangier Sound to show what the company gives back to the community. Larry

Larry_Chowning

Ocean Harvesters fight to keep fishing

Larry Chowning

The F/V Tangier Sound is the newest boat in Virginia's Ocean Harvesters fleet at Reedville, Va., built by Omega Shipyard Inc.. in Moss Point, Miss. Larry Chowning photo.

Larry_Chowning

Ocean Harvesters welcome new menhaden seiner

Larry Chowning

A Gulf of Mexico menhaden steamer and purse boats from the vantage point of a drone camera. NOAA photo.

Menhaden not key forage for other Gulf species, study says

NF Staff

A Gulf of Mexico menhaden steamer and purse boats from the vantage point of a drone camera. NOAA photo.

Gulf menhaden fishery no threat to red drum, study finds

NF Staff

Former NMFS biologist Joe Smith’s encyclopedic book, Menhaden: A Biologist’s Thirty-Two-Year Journey with the Fish and Fishery, is rich with information and likely to become required reading for fishery science students. Palmetto Publishing image.

Menhaden: A Biologist’s Thirty-Two-Year Journey with the Fish and Fishery

Paul Molyneaux

Photo by Larry Chowning

ASMFC pressured to maintain menhaden catch limits

Chris Chase