Policy
Fisheries Commission Lowers Chesapeake Bay Menhaden Cap But Advocates Remain Worried
Inside Climate News · By Aman Azhar ·
The Brief
- Atlantic fisheries managers agreed this week to lower the cap on industrial menhaden fishing in Chesapeake Bay.
- The cap was lowered but less than conservation groups wanted, and the groups say the coastwide catch limit will almost certainly miss its ecological target.
Why it matters
Menhaden are a key forage fish, so the catch limit affects the ecosystem that depends on them as well as the fishing industry.
Who’s affected
- fisheries managers
- conservation groups
- industrial menhaden fishers
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Conservation groups say commissioners opted for a coastwide catch limit that will almost certainly miss its ecological target. By Aman Azhar Atlantic fisheries managers this week agreed to lower the cap on industrial menhaden fishing in Chesapeake Bay but stopped well short of…