Welcome to VIMS
Menhaden Social Science Page
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Menhaden Interest
issues
Links:
Welcome
to the Menhaden Exchange mailing list(information on use)
The_Economic_Importance_and_Value_of_Menhaden_in_the_Chesapeake_Bay_Region_Proposal.pdf
NOAA,
National Marine Fisheries Service information:
Atlantic Menhaden (Brevoortia
tyrannus), species identification page: [2]
Ecosystem Management: Facts, Fiction
or Fantasy: [3]
Fisheries of the United States 2006
Statistical Highlights: [4]
Fisheries of the United States 2006: [5] This link
allows downloads of the entire report as a pdf file or as sections in pdf.
Information on Atlantic Menhaden and recent research
and regulatory actions by ASMFC
can be found at [6].
Click on the link for "Managed Species" to find Atlantic Menhaden
Proposed menhaden fishing ban bills in Congress
Congressman Gilchrest’s Bill (H. R. 3841)
is available at http://www.thomas.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c110:H.R.3841:
Congressman Saxton’s Bill (H. R. 3840) is
available at http://www.thomas.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c110:H.R.3840:
Assemblyman Nichols’
Bill (H.B. 303) to place a moratorium on the harvest of menhaden for the entire
commercial fishery with decreasing catch limits to be a full moratorium
beginning in 2013. The full text is available at http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?081+ful+HB303
Newspaper Articles
A July, 2007 article on menhaden
fishing in Rhode Island from the Providence Journal can be found at [7]
To access this article, registration is required, but not subscription to the
newspaper.
A September, 2007 article on Omega
Protein and water quality issues (http://hamptonroads.com/node/326211)
Virginian Pilot Online, Scott Harper
A November, 2007 article on tuna
fishing but discusses using menhaden as bait (http://hamptonroads.com/node/378971)
Virginian Pilot Online, Katherine Kozak
A November 2007 article on proposed
bans for menhaden harvest and Reedville opinion (http://www.inrich.com/cva/ric/search.apx.-content-articles-RTD-2007-11-04-0279.html)