A comprehensive menhaden bycatch study funded by Louisiana and released in July found that more than 22,000 mature, breeding-sized redfish were scooped up and killed by purse seine nets during the ...

A fishing crew off the Louisiana coast reels in a large net full of menhaden. (Courtesy of Louisiana Sea Grant) The largest commercial fishing industry in the Gulf of Mexico is accidentally ...

Virginia needs data to determine how menhaden fishing affects the Chesapeake Bay’s health, the Virginia Saltwater Sportfishing Association’s Steve Atkinson writes in a guest column.

A sharp decline in the osprey population along Virginia’s Eastern Shore is raising alarms among conservationists and scientists, who say industrial menhaden fishing may be a key factor behind ...