Proposed ASMFC Menhaden Addendum Is a Solution Searching for a Problem
The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission's Atlantic Menhaden Management Board is considering Draft Addendum II to Amendment 3 of the Atlantic Menhaden Interstate Fishery Management Plan, which proposes further reductions to the Chesapeake Bay Reduction Fishery Cap, automatically linking the Bay Cap to the coastwide total allowable catch, and directing Virginia to divide the cap into seasonal quotas.The proposal raises three serious...
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