Menhaden Fisheries Coalition Urging ASMFC to Consider Fair and Equitable Reallocation Process'
On Monday several organizations who are part of the Menhaden Fisheries Coalition submitted a letter to Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) Menhaden Board Chair A.G. “Spud” Woodward. The letter called for the Commission to consider, as part of its decision-making, the “importance of historic landings records and the impacts to the fishing industry of the recently implemented ecosystem-based management.”
The Menhaden Fisheries Coalition is asking that the review process be guided by three principles...
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