Legislation in the Virginia General Assembly aims to study Atlantic menhaden populations in the Chesapeake Bay in response to concerns by local fishermen and environmental advocates. Conservationists ...

House Bill 1048, introduced in January by Betsy B. Carr, D-Richmond, directs the Virginia Marine Resources Commission (VMRC) to “prohibit all . . . purse seine menhaden by the reduction fishery until ...

Chesapeake Bay anglers are facing a stark future — a future in which summertime fishing for striped bass, once a hallmark of Bay fishing, may become a distant memory. A century ago, fishing for ...

Three bills have been filed that would curb menhaden catches by the only reduction fishery allowed in the Chesapeake Bay and ...

For decades, people have debated whether an Atlantic menhaden industrial fishing fleet is fishing sustainably in the Chesapeake Bay. But without solid data, fishing continues.

REEDVILLE, Va. (WAVY) – The menhaden fishery that supplies Omega Proteins’ plant in Reedville said it would limit the areas where it fishes, largely avoiding more populated coastal areas of the lower ...

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) — This year's menhaden catch so far in the Chesapeake Bay is worrying Virginia's top fisheries regulator. Virginia Marine Resources Commissioner Steven Bowman wrote that ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — For years, conservation and sportfishing groups in Virginia have called for the state to take action against menhaden fishing in the Chesapeake Bay. Now, it seems they’re ...

RICHMOND, Va. -- Andrew Cortez cares deeply about the Chesapeake Bay. "The Chesapeake Bay is our natural heritage," Cortez said. "A healthy bay helps everyone." The retired law enforcement officer was ...