Menhaden play a vital role in marine ecosystems, serving as a key food source for whales, dolphins, birds, and popular game fish. However, industrial-scale fishing removes hundreds of millions of menhaden annually from the Atlantic Ocean, potentially impacting wildlife, recreational fishing, and ecotourism.

This petition asks the Biden administration to enact emergency measures to stop industrial-scale fishing in the New York/New Jersey Bight.

#Menhaden #Petition

https://sites.google.com/view/menhaden-defenders-petition

Thanks for the interest @isposdef. You are either going to love or hate my chapter on ‘Tittlebats, Garvies, and Five-fingers’! Or to translate this into North #American species, the application of #fish such as the #Menhaden and #Caplin, in their raw state, on #fields as manure. #Farmers on this side of the North #Atlantic littoral did the same. Tittlebat = stickleback (exploited in Newfoundland); Garvy = Sprat; Five-fingers = Starfish. #Fish #Agriculture #Manure

There I was, on the Seastreak Whale watch, minding my business and trying to take a photo of an #Ospreywithfish when all of a sudden, a #whale of a #photobomb. #jerseyshore #nj #seastreak #humpbackwhale #menhaden #bunker #whalewatching #Osprey

Quintana Beach, Brazoria County, #Texas, #USA

When water temperature rises above 70°F (21°C) it becomes hard for #Menhaden to receive enough oxygen to survive.

https://www.fox26houston.com/news/hundreds-of-menhaden-fish-die-at-quintana-beach-county-park

Lahtimenhaden (Brevoortia patronus) kuuluu jokisillien heimoon (Alosidae). Se syö planktonia (on ns "forage fish") ja sillä on keskeinen asema ravintoketjussa.
Jotkut kutsuvat sitä merien tärkeimmäksi kalaksi.

In Chesapeake Bay, fishmeal producer Omega Protein and bass anglers are fighting over menhaden—a tiny fish with outsized economic and ecological importance.

Written by Jack Darrell

#menhaden #fishing #ecology #ChesapeakeBay #stripedbass

https://hakaimagazine.com/news/making-sense-of-menhaden/