Two Independent Reviews Find No Evidence that Virginia's Menhaden Season Is 'Blocking' Fish from Reaching Maryland Pound Nets
A proposed Atlantic menhaden management addendum aimed at Virginia's Chesapeake purse seine fishery is being driven by a simple claim: that a shift in the timing of the reduction fishery has reduced menhaden availability farther north, contributing to lower Maryland pound net harvests.Two separate analyses, one statistical and one oceanographic, reach the same conclusion: the available evidence does not support the "gauntlet" theory. Instead,...
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