Saving Seafood

09/17/2026

Atlantic menhaden may be one of the most debated fish in the Chesapeake Bay, but a Virginia fisheries scientist told a Mathews County, Virginia audience last month that some of the strongest claims surrounding the species supersede what scientists can actually demonstrate.

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09/01/2026

The 2026 Big Man’s Cobia Bonanza held last month in the Chesapeake Bay shows a stark contrast between mgmt. of & — two species that prey on .

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07/14/2026

The American Saltwater Guides Association has published a blog post urging its membership and the broader recreational fishing community not to avoid accountability by blaming the diminished striped bass population on a lack of one forage species—Atlantic menhaden—while ignoring the central problem that anglers are “killing more fish than are being born.”

https://tinyurl.com/55zxtb6b

07/03/2026

President Donald Trump declared “National Scallops Day,” tying the designation to a NOAA Fisheries announcement that the agency has prioritized expanding access for the Atlantic sea scallop fleet on the Northern Edge of Georges Bank and advancing a long-sought permit-stacking policy.

https://tinyurl.com/y54nek8b

06/18/2026

A new post from recreational fishing writer Charles Witek takes a hard look at the recently launched Forage Fish Campaign and raises serious questions about the accuracy of its advocacy.

“Making…blatant false assertions makes it appear that The Forage Fish Campaign is either ignorant of the truth about coastal fisheries, or that they are trying to distort that truth in order to mislead the very people who they are trying to influence.”

WASHINGTON — June 17, 2026 — A new post from One Angler’s Voyage by author Charles Witek takes a hard look at the recently launched Forage Fish Campaign and raises serious questions about the accuracy of its advocacy. While acknowledging that forage fish are ecologically important and deserve ...