Scientists Did Not Recommend a 54% Cut to the Atlantic Menhaden Fishery
In the weeks since the 2025 ASMFC Annual Meeting, there's been a widespread misconception circulated by environmental and recreational fishing groups that the ASMFC Menhaden Board's technical and scientific advisors "recommended" a 50% or 54% cut" (to 108,450 mt) to the Atlantic menhaden total allowable catch (TAC), and that the Commission ignored those recommendations. That is not the case. Rather, scientists ran a set of "if-then" scenarios...
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