Weigh in on Menhaden Management Through 10/9

🐟 Speak Up for Menhaden and the Chesapeake Bay! 🌊

ASMFC is accepting public comments on Draft Addendum II, which could change the amount and timing of industrial menhaden harvest in the Chesapeake Bay.

CCA supports a precautionary approach that leaves more menhaden in the Bay when striped bass, osprey, cobia, red drum, bluefish, and other predators need them most.

✅ CCA’s Recommended Survey Responses

• Question 5 — Option C
• Question 6 — Option C1E
• Question 7 — Option C2A
• Question 8 — Option B2
• Question 9 — Option B
• Question 10 — No change
• Question 11 — Option B
• Question 12 — Tell ASMFC why abundant menhaden, healthy fisheries, and a productive Chesapeake Bay matter to you.

These recommendations support:

🔹 A 50% initial reduction in the Chesapeake Bay Cap
🔹 A Bay Cap linked to the coastwide quota
🔹 Less concentrated harvest during critical spring and summer periods
🔹 Accountability for seasonal quota overages
🔹 A required review of the Bay Cap every three years

📅 Public comments are due by 11:59 p.m. on October 9, 2026.

📝 Complete the public comment survey:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/6M9XTRT

🔗 Find the full Draft Addendum, hearing schedule, and additional ways to comment:
https://asmfc.org/actions/atlantic-menhaden-draft-addendum-ii/

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