Wednesday, December 12, 2012 at 12:00AM Marine biologist Greg Marshall tells of his first attempt at deploying his camera onto the back of a large shark back in 1992.
critter cam, fish video, sharks in Film and Video Friday, December 7, 2012 at 12:00AM The freshwater version of killer whales.
fish video in Film and Video Friday, December 7, 2012 at 12:00AM This Washington Post opinion piece lays out what we already know is at stake in the the fight to protect rapidly declining Menhaden stocks. What we did not know is how Virginia manages Menhaden and how it does not bode well in the fight to protect the most important fish in the sea.
In Virginia, fisheries decisions are made by the state’s Marine Resources Commission — except when they relate to one species. Yes, you guessed it: menhaden, which is instead managed by the 140 members of the General Assembly. This odd arrangement puts politicians, lobbyists and money, rather than scientists, in charge of menhaden. This, it goes without saying, does not bode well for making the tough choices needed now.
LINK (via: The Washington Post)
The Pew Environment Group has been very active in the efforts to protect Menhaden through their Atlantic Menhaden Campaign. I urge you to spend sometime learning the facts about why it so important to protect Menhaden on the Pew campaign site.
People are paying attention!
The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) has seen a lot in its 70-year history but nothing quite like this. More than 128,000 people flooded the commission’s inboxes with postcards and emails last month, a new record for public comment. Scientists, small business owners, nature lovers, and anglers sent letters and spoke out at public hearings. And it was all about a fish that almost no one ever eats—Atlantic menhaden.
Sunday, December 2, 2012 at 12:00AM In 1955, menhaden made up 77 percent of the diet of striped bass. Now, menhaden account for just 7 percent. Young striped bass are increasingly eating weakfish juveniles to supplement their diets, putting both stocks at risk. Bluefish eat 30 percent less menhaden than they did in the early '90s.
Striped bass, bluefish and other game fish have lost 90 percent of their favorite food source over the last 25 years alone.
fish video, menhaden in Conservation, Environment, Film and Video 
