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 ...

HAMPTON, Va. — A new scientific assessment released this week shows that Atlantic menhaden populations are significantly lower than previously estimated, potentially prompting major reductions in ...

Menhaden are a vital food source for other species, including the overfished Atlantic striped bass. The reduction could impact commercial crabbers and other fisheries that rely on menhaden for bait.

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 ...

Four bills offered in the State House of Representatives to limit the take of menhaden off Louisiana’s coast passed through the House Natural Resources Committee last week and likely will face an ...

Striped bass continue to be overfished, and we have low recruitment, or low numbers of striped bass being born to support the ...

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 ...

One of the things that make striped bass such popular targets along the coast from New England to the Mid-Atlantic is their diversity. You can find them picking off crabs and shrimp along back bay sod ...