October 22, 2020 โ Cooke-owned Omega Protein in Virginia said the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commissionโs (ASMFC) decision on Tuesday to cut the US Atlantic coast menhaden quota by 10 percent โis not an unreasonable step.โ
ASMFC voted 13 to 5 to cut the quota to 194,400 metric tons for the 2021 and 2022 seasons.
In response to the reduced catch limit, Omega released a statement saying the company โrecognizes the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commissionโs decision to reduce the coastwide [harvest] by 10 percent, while not preferred, is not an unreasonable step toward moving to ecological management of this species,โ reported the Chesapeake Bay Magazine.