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Menhaden

The Calcasieu Pass was scuttled roughly 26 miles off Indian River Inlet. Delaware DNREC photo.

Retired fishing vessel sunk as artificial reef off Delaware

NF Staff

A school of menhaden. NOAA photo/Jerry Prezioso.

Commission could revisit how menhaden quota is divided among states

NF Staff

A federal appeals court has upheld the dismissal of a False Claims Act lawsuit against Cooke, Omega Protein and Ocean Harvesters. Photo courtesy of Ocean Harvesters

Court upholds dismissal of False Claims Act suit

Carli Clancy

The ASMFC has advanced its Atlantic menhaden draft addendum for public comment, beginning the next phase of discussion over potential management changes in the Chesapeake Bay reduction fishery. Photo courtesy of Larry Chowning

ASMFC advances Atlantic menhaden proposal

NF Staff

Ocean Harvesters disputes claims linking Virginia's menhaden fishery to declining Chesapeake Bay osprey reproduction. Photo courtesy of Larry Chowning

Ocean Harvesters pushes back on osprey study

Carli Clancy

The Virginia General Assembly on June 29 approved $2 million for a state study of the Chesapeake Bay menhaden population. Photo courtesy of Larry Chowning

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Lawmakers approve funding of menhaden study

Larry Chowning

CEO of Ocean Harvesters Monty Deihl speaks to the press and others at a press conference in Reedville in September 2025. Photo courtesy of Larry Chowning

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Virginia proposes $2 million in funding for menhaden study

Larry Chowning

An economic study is adding momentum to shift more of the coastwide quota toward bait fisheries, while recent debate in Virginia continues to highlight disagreements over research and management of the species. Photo courtesy of Larry Chowning

Study fuels Atlantic menhaden debate

Carli Clancy

F/V Kimberly K, owned by Westbank Fisheries, is one of several commercial fishing vessels planning or completing repower projects with Mitsubishi engines supplied by Laborde Products. Photo courtesy of Westbank

Fishermen find value in Mitsubishi engines from Laborde Products

Paul Molyneaux

The battle between Virginia's menhaden reduction fishery and environmental groups escalated when Virginia legislators approved a $205 billion budget funding for menhaden research. Larry Chowning photo.

Larry_Chowning

Menhaden firms deny pressuring Virginia legislators

Larry Chowning

Ocean Harvesters says a new study on Chesapeake Bay osprey declines does not prove a link to Virginia's commercial menhaden fishery. Photo courtesy of Ocean Harvesters

Ocean Harvesters disputes osprey-menhaden link

Carli Clancy

The Calcasieu Pass was scuttled roughly 26 miles off Indian River Inlet. Delaware DNREC photo.

Retired fishing vessel sunk as artificial reef off Delaware

NF Staff

A school of menhaden. NOAA photo/Jerry Prezioso.

Commission could revisit how menhaden quota is divided among states

NF Staff

A federal appeals court has upheld the dismissal of a False Claims Act lawsuit against Cooke, Omega Protein and Ocean Harvesters. Photo courtesy of Ocean Harvesters

Court upholds dismissal of False Claims Act suit

Carli Clancy

The ASMFC has advanced its Atlantic menhaden draft addendum for public comment, beginning the next phase of discussion over potential management changes in the Chesapeake Bay reduction fishery. Photo courtesy of Larry Chowning

ASMFC advances Atlantic menhaden proposal

NF Staff

Ocean Harvesters disputes claims linking Virginia's menhaden fishery to declining Chesapeake Bay osprey reproduction. Photo courtesy of Larry Chowning

Ocean Harvesters pushes back on osprey study

Carli Clancy

The Virginia General Assembly on June 29 approved $2 million for a state study of the Chesapeake Bay menhaden population. Photo courtesy of Larry Chowning

Larry_Chowning

Lawmakers approve funding of menhaden study

Larry Chowning

CEO of Ocean Harvesters Monty Deihl speaks to the press and others at a press conference in Reedville in September 2025. Photo courtesy of Larry Chowning

Larry_Chowning

Virginia proposes $2 million in funding for menhaden study

Larry Chowning

An economic study is adding momentum to shift more of the coastwide quota toward bait fisheries, while recent debate in Virginia continues to highlight disagreements over research and management of the species. Photo courtesy of Larry Chowning

Study fuels Atlantic menhaden debate

Carli Clancy

F/V Kimberly K, owned by Westbank Fisheries, is one of several commercial fishing vessels planning or completing repower projects with Mitsubishi engines supplied by Laborde Products. Photo courtesy of Westbank

Fishermen find value in Mitsubishi engines from Laborde Products

Paul Molyneaux

The battle between Virginia's menhaden reduction fishery and environmental groups escalated when Virginia legislators approved a $205 billion budget funding for menhaden research. Larry Chowning photo.

Larry_Chowning

Menhaden firms deny pressuring Virginia legislators

Larry Chowning

Ocean Harvesters says a new study on Chesapeake Bay osprey declines does not prove a link to Virginia's commercial menhaden fishery. Photo courtesy of Ocean Harvesters

Ocean Harvesters disputes osprey-menhaden link

Carli Clancy