10:26:24 PM: We’ll see you bright and early at 8 am for the historic vote on #menhaden! If you have any questions, tweet at us and we’ll keep you posted! 11:26:16 PM: Great energy here in Baltimore over an oily little fish called #menhaden. Stay tuned!11:51:55 PM: We’ll also be following @pewenvironment and @herringalliance for …
Decision day is upon us. Now it’s time to weigh in. On December 14th, the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) will finally decide how much to cut the allowable harvest of Atlantic menhaden — a forage fish that has been overexploited by the commercial fishing industry for half a century. Almost one year ago, …
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9:45:34 AM: Menhaden meeting at the ASMFC getting underway here in Alexandria, Virginia. 9:47:32 AM: There will be a high volume of tweets coming down the pike about little stinky fish! Live from ASMFC! A word of warning to our followers… 10:04:34 AM: Ron Lukens: I’m the senior fisheries biologist with Omega Protein. There are …
8:10:00 AM – Menhaden management board has begun! Board is now taking public comment. Jim Price of the CB Ecological Fdn and Bob Geisler have spoken. 8:10:40 AM – Price talked about the importance of menhaden to the long-term health of striped bass, favored species among anglers + the ocean’s cash cow 8:11:33 AM – …
3:49:08 PM: River herring management board beginning at #asmfc12. Stock assessment report starting now. 3:52:57 PM: Stock assessment overview, river herring: A lot of holes in the data coastwide. Most of places where there’s good data occur in the NE area 3:53:17 PM: Historically, river herring has had a low management priority #asmfc12 3:53:41 PM: …
