ASMFC ACTION REQUEST- Menhaden Amendment 3
The Atlantic States Marine Fishery Commission’s menhaden management plan is being amended, and Stripers Forever strongly supports the concept that menhaden should be managed using Ecological Reference Points (ERP’s) with whatever models are available today. With abundance of Menhaden rising and the geographic range growing, the time to switch from “single species” to EBFM is […]
IMPORTANT ASMFC ACTION REQUEST
Menhaden Hearing: Attendance and Comments Requested The ASMFC is considering updates to the Menhaden fishery management plan that will leave more fish in the water for predators like Striped Bass and Bluefish, and update state-by-state quota allocations. For those of you who have been on the water this fall, you’ve seen huge bunker schools and […]
Official Numbers: Maryland’s 2016 Striped Bass Young Of The Year
The official numbers are out on Maryland’s 2016 striped bass young of the year, and they aren’t good. This late summer count of striped bass born during the past spring is calculated annually by Maryland’s Department of Natural Resources by hauling a seine through essentially the same areas of Chesapeake Bay, at the same time, […]
