Menhaden Defenders

Hot news: ASMFC Annual mtg- Just incredible how the @ASMFC FAILS to acknowledge the need for drastic cuts to the #menhaden fishery. They literally ignored their own science and data and, as usual, put Business interests first and the coastal ecosystem LAST.

Want to learn more about #Bunker, #menhaden?

188 sportfishing businesses urged the Louisiana Wildlife & Fisheries Commission to keep the half-mile menhaden buffer. Despite broad support, LWFC voted 4–3 to advance the rule. It’s not final — public comments open Dec. 19–Jan. 23.

THANK YOU to 6,184 Americans who signed our petition! Today we submitted it to @CommerceGov, requesting emergency protections for NY/NJ menhaden. BIG NEWS COMING OCT 3: ASMFC Technical Committee releases justification memo for 2026-2028 quotas. Stay tuned.

Number of redfish killed by Louisiana's menhaden industry estimated in new study theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/ne…

an up-close look at the baleen plates of a humpback whale, seen right outside the port of NY/NJ

@tommurphy8485 @realDonaldTrump @POTUS Thousands of fishermen support this action. Thank you in advance for putting an end to this insanity! #fishing #menhaden

President @realDonaldTrump signals that protecting against Canada’s practice of bait fishing in the Atlantic and Gulf of America will be the most beneficial action, protecting the U.S. fishing economy.

🎣 Our 5,000+ petition signatures show people get it: no bunker = no bass. Let's hit 10K! 👉 Sign: tinyurl.com/menhaden-petit… 👉 Share with fishing buddies 👉 Donate $20 to protect small fish that our gamefish eat

Your voice + your support = ocean protection This #GivingTuesday: ✍️ Sign our petition to stop industrial menhaden fishing 🎁 Donate to power our work. Help us protect the NY/NJ Bight from Cape May to Montauk: menhadendefenders.org/take-action #fishing

@benjirush1 Hi, Yes we have a massive amount of peanuts here in Northern NJ and hope when they push out of the back it will save the 2024 season.

@Menhaden_Defend Decent slicks of bunker in the backwater....

I was wondering if there will be any bunker in the NYNJ Bight when the bass come down from the North. Do you have any thoughts on that?

the @gothamwhale NYC humpback whale catalogue just recently passed 400 WHALES‼️ since 2011, with the help of citizen scientists and naturalists, GW researchers have managed to photograph & document at least 400 individual humpbacks in our study area near NYC

@BobVanasse3 Always fun to the skewed views from Omega's PR person. Explain why the fleet had to travel all the way up to the NY Bight just to find Bunker to catch. Over 250 miles of NO Bunker is a clear sign that the stocks are way less abundant than the ASMFC data reflect. $$$$

@Menhaden_Defend Menhaden are sustainably managed by the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission.The most recent stock assessment has found that the menhaden stock is not overfished or experiencing overfishing.

13 million fish stolen from Humpback whales in NY/NJ Waters now inside Windmill Point, Fleeton, Rappahannock, Little River Calcasieu Pass, Tidelands, and Smugglers Point. Omega Protein boats heading back to VA to grind them up for fish meal, oil & profit. End Reduction fishing.