ASMFC Board Cuts Atlantic Menhaden Catch Limit 34% by 2028, Lowers Bay Cap
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The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission's (ASMFC) Atlantic Menhaden Management Board adopted reductions to both the coastwide total allowable catch (TAC) and the Chesapeake Bay Reduction Fishery Cap. The Board set the 2027 TAC at 170,000 MT and the 2028 TAC at 155,000 MT, a 17% reduction from the 2026 TAC and a 34% reduction from the 2025 TAC over the next two years, ASMFC said.
The decision represents a compromise between the positions of environmental groups and Virginia-based Ocean Harvesters. The company's union workforce accounts...
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