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CBF President Will Baker and guests discuss what it will really take to turn the tide—to restore our Bay and its rivers and streams.
In an update on "Keep the Cap" (Episode 74), CBF President Will Baker and Maryland Fisheries Scientist Allison Colden discuss Omega Protein's industrial-scale menhaden fishing operation in Virginia and what impact the company's opposition to the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission's (ASMFC) Bay cap could have on Bay fish populations, as well as the local sport and commercial fishing economies.
Program Notes
03:16 - Omega Protein, the only industrial-scale menhaden fishing operation on the Chesapeake Bay, has a major stake in preventing Virginia from enforcing the ASMFC cap on the menhaden fishery in Chesapeake Bay.
06:50 - Why the overwhelming majority of ASMFC commissioners from states up and down the coast supported the Bay cap.
07:58 - The next step for menhaden in Virginia.
09:00 - Omega Protein's astounding allocation of the menhaden catch both coastwide and within Chesapeake Bay, and the potential impact the company's new foreign ownership may have on local fish populations, as well as on the local Bay sport and commercial fishing economy.
Photo by CBF Staff
Turning the Tide, Saving the Chesapeake Bay
CBF President Will Baker and guests discuss what it will really take to turn the tide—to restore our Bay and its rivers and streams.
