ASMFC Fails To Protect Striped Bass & Menhaden

***This blog post will be updated with more information and a link to the official ASMFC press release when it becomes available. It was a tough week for conservation at the ASMFC Annual Meeting. In the face of sound science and new insights, the commission failed to protect both striped bass and menhaden. On October […]

Chesapeake Bay 2025 YOY Striped Bass Survey Results – More Bad News

  Striped bass are officially in a death spiral. Maryland released the results of the 2025 Striped Bass Young-of-Year Survey. The press release calls it “…an improvement over recent years…”. Nice try. The only way to describe the 2025 spawn in the upper Chesapeake is an abject failure. Worse, it is the seventh year in […]

ACTION ALERT – ASMFC Addendum III

ACTION ALERT – ASMFC ADDENDUM III COMMENTS DUE BY FRIDAY OCTOBER 3 AT 11:59 PM EST It’s been a while since you last heard from us, we do intend to update you on what’s been going on but the focus of this blog post is an important ASMFC action alert. The ASMFC is currently in […]