These warm winter days get me thinking about spring and the hallowed rite of trophy rockfish season in the Chesapeake. Change is in the wind on that front and bureaucracies are involved, so brace yourself. Later this month, Maryland’s Department of Natural Resources heads to the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission armed with a complex […]
Month: January 2007
Menhaden Decline Threatens Bay Striped Bass Fishery
The Atlantic menhaden decline along the East Coast of the United States has strong ecological significance and has raised interest and concern about how the nation’s fishery resources are being managed. Menhaden play an important role in the coastal food web and are crucial in the diet of many predators including Atlantic striped bass. Recruitment […]