Amid all the gloom-and-doom reporting, good news often slips by unnoticed. That seems to be the case with menhaden in the Chesapeake Bay.
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Read The Article: Good News for Chesapeake Menhaden
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Prompted in part by the College of William & Mary’s Center for Conservation Biology study saying ospreys are suffering from a menhaden shortage, the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission formed a work group in September to weigh new “precautionary” harvest limits.
Read The Article: Osprey Troubles Not Tied To Menhaden, Some Fisheries Scientists Say -
The fishing groups claim that rules limiting the harvesting of striped base amount to a violation of the taking clause of the Fifth Amendment
Read The Article: Commercial Fishing Groups Ask Fourth Circuit to Block Bass Limits in Chesapeake Bay
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