Future Brightens for Menhaden 
Wednesday, December 19, 2012 at 12:00AM
El Guapo in News, fish in the news, menhaden, the most importanr fish in the sea

Finally some good news for the most important fish in the sea. 

After over a century of fishing without catch limits, the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission has finally put a cap on the fishery. The new abundance target is four times the current population and the coastwide catch limit will be reduced 20% from recent levels.

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