Menhaden In The News

TV News Coverage

On February 9th, WUSA9 News reports on the "Menhaden Mess". View the video.

On October 22nd, WUSA9 News reported on menhaden overfishing and the menhaden report from out on the Chesapeake. View the video.

Print Press Coverage

April, 2005

• Salt Water Sportsman — David Dibenedetto, Editor
  Menhaden Matters

March, 2005

• Salt Water Sportsman — Rip Cunningham
  The State of the Striper

February/March, 2005

• Shallow Water Angler — Shallow Water Angler Staff
  Anglers Call for Limits on Chesapeake Menhaden Harvest

February 15, 2005

• Asbury Park Press — Asbury Park Press Staff
  Officials realizing importance of menhaden

February 10, 2005

• Baltimore Sun — Rona Kobell
  Multi-State Commission Takes Step Toward Limit on Menhaden Harvest



• Capital News Service — Kevin W. McCullough
  Fisheries Commission Board Recommends Limits on Menhaden



• The Capital (Annapolis) — Pamela Wood
  Agency votes to limit menhaden catch

February 9, 2005

• Associated Press — Matthew Barakat
  Proposal to Cap Menhaden Catch in Chesapeake Advances

December 5, 2004

• Hampton Road's Daily Press — Editorial
  Menhaden matters

December 4, 2004

• The Washington Post — Michelle Boorstein
  Conservation Hits Bumpy Waters - In Ecosystem-Based Method of Preservation, Fish is Pitted Against Fish

November 8, 2004

• The Virginian Pilot — Editorial
  In the Bay: Little Fish and a Growing Problem



• The Baltimore Sun — Rona Kobell
  Md. Groups Support Limits on Menhaden Catch in Bay; Va. Processor taking millions from Chesapeake

November 3, 2004

• The Washington Times — Gene Mueller
  We Need to Help Littlest of Fish



• Richmond Times-Dispatch — Lee Graves
  Menhaden, Striped Bass Should Give Anglers Cause for Concern

October 31, 2004

• Washington Post — Angus Phillips
  In the End, Omega Is Bad for Chesapeake Menhaden

October 29, 2004

• Asbury Park Press — Kirk Moore
  Restrictions sought on Menhaden Fishing in Chesapeake Bay Bunker Fish Industry Pushed out of N.J. in 2001

October 27, 2004

• The Capital — Pamela Wood
  Fishermen, Conservationist Push to Protect Menhaden



• The Virginian Pilot — Scott Harper
  Ecologist, Industry Debate Status of Slippery Little Fish

October 26, 2004

• The Virginian Pilot — AP — Gretchen Parker
  Coalition Calls for Limiting Catches of Chesapeake Bay Menhaden

December, 2003

• Salt Water Sportsmen — Ken Hinman
  Menhaden Netters Threaten Chesapeake

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