The 2025 Atlantic menhaden stock assessment updates connect menhaden harvest directly to the health of marine predators, and Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission projections suggest cutting commercial catch limit by half to protect marine...
The Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership breaks down the final results of a 2024 Gulf menhaden bycatch study in Louisiana, which reveals multiple ways to protect redfish and other sportfish from industrial fishing practices.
An Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission board has agreed to continue with plans toward further precautionary management of the Chesapeake Bay’s industrial-scale menhaden fishery.
As 2024 wraps up, the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership is excited to share this year’s key achievements in forage fish conservation along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts, helping protect menhaden and herring that are...
Legislation introduced in the U.S. House aims to ensure that species at the foundation of the marine food chain are plentiful enough to sustain sportfish populations, such as striped bass and tuna, as well...
The Atlantic herring stock is still being overfished, and recent public scoping shows that a vast majority of anglers and other stakeholders favor stricter management measures to support rebuilding the fishery.
The New England Fishery Management Council is soliciting public comments to develop new management measures for Atlantic herring.
In the most significant Gulf menhaden conservation outcome to date, the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission has approved creating a half-mile coastwide buffer prohibiting commercial netting of Gulf menhaden and increasing fish spill penalties...
With 2023 winding to a close, we wanted to look back at the top accomplishments toward forage fish conservation that the TRCP, our partners, and dedicated members along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts achieved...
After recent stock projections were worse than expected, the ASMFC Striped Bass Management Board is seeking angler input as it gauges the adjustments necessary to meet the rebuilding timeline for the Atlantic striped bass...
TRCP has partnered with Afuera Coffee Co. to further our commitment to conservation. $4 from each bag is donated to the TRCP, to help continue our efforts of safeguarding critical habitats, productive hunting grounds, and favorite fishing holes for future generations.
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