August 10, 2017 — PORTLAND, Maine — Interstate fishing regulators are seeking public comment on a plan to tweak the way they manage menhaden, one of the most important little fish in the ocean food chain.
The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission says in a statement last week that it wants to balance “menhaden’s ecological role as a prey species” with the needs of people who harvest and use the fish for a living.
The commission’s plan includes a suite of options about how to better manage menhaden.
Read the full story from the Associated Press at U.S. News & World Report