Bipartisan group of Maryland legislators call for menhaden harvest reductions
Maryland legislators are requesting stricter harvest limits on Atlantic menhaden to protect the Chesapeake Bay food chain. The bipartisan group is urging fishery managers to implement these changes.
A bipartisan group of Maryland legislators is pushing for fishery managers to institute further restrictions on the harvest of Atlantic menhaden, a small fish that sits at the base of the Chesapeake Bay food chain.
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