Managers Take Up Next Phase of East Coast Climate Change Scenario Planning This article was originally published in Wild Oceans’ The Horizon newsletter and is reprinted with permission. View the latest issue and past issues of The Horizon. Top photo: Atlantic menhaden. After the East Coast Climate Scenario Creation Workshop (held June 21-23), I left […]
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Mid-Atlantic Council’s Unmanaged Forage Fish Protections Put to the Test
This article originally appeared in the Wild Oceans Horizon newsletter. Meeting the Challenge of a Shifting Prey Base The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council’s Unmanaged Forage Omnibus Amendment (UFOA) stands as a testament to the value of stakeholder engagement in our fishery management process. The amendment “prohibits the development of new and expansion of existing directed […]
Genetic Database Offers New Hope for Shad & River Herring
ASMFC & USGS Announce Research Partnership This article was originally published in The Wild Oceans Horizon newsletter and was reprinted with permission. View the latest issue and past issues of The Wild Oceans Horizon. Top image: shad, photo via the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The 2020 Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) American shad […]
Mid-Atlantic Moves to Safeguard Unprotected Forage Base
Scoping Reveals Emerging Forage Fisheries This post is the first in a new series called “Focus on Forage Fish.” For the next month, many of our blog posts will highlight the importance of managing prey species for the needs of marine ecosystems. At the October 7th meeting of the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, we heard disturbing […]