As advocates push for Chesapeake Bay-specific data, menhaden quota bill advances

As advocates push for Chesapeake Bay-specific data, menhaden quota bill advances

The Virginia State Capitol where lawmakers meet, off Bank Street in downtown Richmond on Feb. 10, 2025. (Photo by VCU Capital News Service)The debate over the oily forage fish menhaden is not over in the General Assembly, as one bill advanced Thursday that would create catch quota periods for the only reduction fishery allowed in the Chesapeake Bay. House Bill 1049 would create periods of time where the reduction fishery Ocean Harvesters, which …