Category: Forage Fish

Data suggest that 22,000 or more redfish, a host of other sportfish, and millions of non-target forage fish are killed annually by industrial menhaden fishing fleets (or "pogy boats") off the Louisiana coast.

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.

Capt. John McMurray hails as a renowned big tuna and striped bass charter captain based on Long Island, New York. The hard-charging captain has been the owner and primary operator of One More Cast...

Recreational angling, boating, and conservation community disappointed that state legislative efforts to fund menhaden science in the Chesapeake Bay failed in session.

During the 2025 legislative session, Virginia lawmakers will again consider providing funding for university research into the Commonwealth’s largest fishery: Atlantic menhaden.

How lawmakers can build on recent conservation successes and deliver big wins for the hunting and fishing community.

Looking ahead at the most pressing needs for habitat, access, and our sporting traditions.

Your support helped make these conservation successes possible.

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...

An all-purpose outdoors professional since 1994, Capt. Chris Dollar has three decades’ experience as an outdoors professional on the Chesapeake Bay who has held a fishing guide license and a U.S. Coast Guard Master’s...