Legislation aims to stop menhaden reduction fishing, study population concerns

Bunker or menhaden fish, seen while whale watching off Long Beach, N.Y. (Photo by Vicki Jauron, Babylon and Beyond Photography via Getty Images)

Menhaden, the controversial oily fish, are making waves early in the General Assembly legislative session.

Three bills have been filed that would curb menhaden catches by the only reduction fishery allowed in the Chesapeake Bay and to study the population, which some conservation groups have said is declining in the Bay and spurring suffering among other species…

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