November 6, 2025
Louisiana Decision Undermines Hard-Won Conservation Measure on Menhaden Fishing
The new Notice of Intent could once again permit industrial menhaden harvest in waters as shallow as five feet - rolling back a successful 2024 conservation measure developed through collaboration between anglers,...
October 28, 2025
Marine Fisheries Board Declines to Make Science-Based Reduction to Atlantic Menhaden Catch Limit
Revised models indicate the need to cut the commercial Atlantic menhaden fishery quota by more than half to protect striped bass and other predators, but the ASMFC Menhaden Management Board voted today to reduce the catch limit by only 20 percent.
October 1, 2025
Can the Gulf Menhaden Fishery Reduce Redfish Bycatch?
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...
August 21, 2025
The Merits of Fly Fishing: A Conversation with Peter Kaminsky
Author, angler, and conservation advocate Peter Kaminsky sat down with the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership to share why fly fishing continues to inspire him—and why anglers must have a...
August 7, 2025
The Restoration of Lake Pontchartrain
Louisiana's famed brackish bay that forms New Orleans' northern border is offering great fishing again thanks to decades of restoration in the Pontchartrain Basin and Mississippi River.
July 8, 2025
2024 Gulf Menhaden Bycatch Study Offers Insights into Number of Fish Killed
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")...
June 5, 2025
More Pennsylvania Trout Streams Lack Protections
The list of popular Pennsylvania trout fishing streams awaiting full water quality safeguards is growing, but anglers can have a voice in protecting them.
May 13, 2025
Menhaden Management Board to Continue Exploring Chesapeake Bay Management Changes
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.
May 6, 2025
Cornerstone Project to Rebuild Louisiana Wetland Habitat Suspended
The Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion project near the mouth of the Mississippi River is on hold indefinitely, putting larger restoration efforts at risk.
February 20, 2025
Critical Menhaden Science Funding Falls Short Again in Virginia
Recreational angling, boating, and conservation community disappointed that state legislative efforts to fund menhaden science in the Chesapeake Bay failed in session.
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