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Open Season on Menhaden Again?
Men-ha-what? Menhaden—in case you forgot—are smelly little fish that just happen to be the ecological lynchpins of the Chesapeake Bay ecosystem. As H. Bruce Franklin detailed in his story our Oceans package in March/April, "menhaden are the most important fish in North America." They're certainly the most important fish in the Bay—kill them off and you're condemning the Bay to become a giant dead zone. But menhaden are being overfished by the antiseptically named "menhaden reduction industry," a monopoly controlled by Omega Protein, which grinds them up into stuff like animal feed and fish-oil supplements. Now we learn, via Greenpeace USA, that the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Council is considering lifting a recent (and, Greenpeace says, unimplemented) cap on menhaden fishing at the behest of Virginia Governor Tim Kaine and Omega. According to Greenpeace, the Kaine plan would allow Omega to "vaccuum up" a whopping 123,000 tons of menhaden in a season. Greenpeace and other Bay watchers want a moratorium on menhaden fishing. That's not going to happen soon, but the ASMFC is still considering public comments before making its next decision. For more info on how to weigh in, download this [PDF].
Posted by Dave Gilson on 09/21/06 at 11:35 AM | E-mail | Print | Digg | de.licio.us | Reddit | Newsvine | Yahoo! MyWeb | StumbleUpon | Netscape | Google |
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I would be interested to see the population data for menhaden in that region.Also, from what little I have read on this issue, oysters are also vital bottom cleaners, especially at the mouth of the bay. Are they also overfished? Just saying "overfishing" doesn't tell me anything. I would ask for a moratorium until then, though.
Oh, and Bobby; What the heck does Irish Catholic have to do with anything?
Posted by: trog69 on 09/25/06 at 3:59 AM
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Virginia governor Tim Kaine and Omega will destroy our east coast fisheries and especially the Chesapeake Bay ecosystem and turn it into a dead zone.
Kaine is just another corporate Dem who will sell America out to the highest bidder. He is just another corrupt Irish Catholic politician who is probably a DINO. He may be popular but he is also a Confederate Red state aberration who will not stand up for America.
With people like Tim Kaine it's no wonder that the Democratic Party is in such deep trouble.
I'm glad I am an independant voter.
Posted by: Bob DAmico on 09/23/06 at 12:02 AM