SCEMFIS: New Survey Will Help Fill Gaps in Menhaden Count in New England, Mid-Atlantic
The Science Center for Marine Fisheries (SCEMFIS) highlighted a new project that will look to count a population of menhaden that could help inform not only a local New Jersey fishery, but other fisheries in the New England and Mid-Atlantic region.
A team from the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science’s (UMCES) Chesapeake Biological Laboratory and the Virginia Institute of Marine Science, in collaboration with NOAA Fisheries are on the verge of launching a winter population survey of menhaden, specifically off the coast...
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