Virginia's General Assembly has killed legislation to address the declining menhaden population. The tiny forage fish are an important part of the food chain for sea life and a source of nutrients ...

Menhaden, known colloquially as pogies and bunker ... as well as fishmeal and fish oil supplements consumed by people, pets, farm-raised animals and fish. The AFA provides that “(a) vessel ...

The argument over menhaden fishing has been roiling coastal communities for decades. The fish are a critical part of the marine ecosystem here — what the Chesapeake Bay Foundation have called ...

(WFXR) — The debate over whether to fund a study on the status of Atlantic menhaden in the Chesapeake ... the forage species vital to nearly every fish on the Atlantic Coast have been derailed ...

The operation includes harvesting the menhaden with purse seine vessels operated by Ocean Harvesters, one of the affiliates named in the lawsuit, and then turning them into fertilizer, as well as ...