Conservationists in Virginia worry that overfishing of menhaden is harming the Chesapeake Bay's ecosystem. But state lawmakers have yet to approve funding to study the issue. In Virginia, some little ...

On a breezy afternoon, Chris Dollar launched his boat into the Ware River in Gloucester, Virginia. Pulling away from the dock, he pointed to small ripples in the water: jumping menhaden, a small, ...

Chesapeake Bay anglers are facing a stark future — a future in which summertime fishing for striped bass, once a hallmark of Bay fishing, may become a distant memory. A century ago, fishing for ...

REEDVILLE, Va. (WAVY) – The menhaden fishery that supplies Omega Proteins’ plant in Reedville said it would limit the areas where it fishes, largely avoiding more populated coastal areas of the lower ...

Sportfishing groups and environmentalists are calling for a partial moratorium on Virginia’s menhaden reduction fishery, citing troubling declines of certain bird and fish species that feed on them. A ...

NORFOLK, Va. (AP)- The Trump Administration is threatening to effectively ban a company that makes fish oil pills from fishing in the Chesapeake Bay over mounting concerns from regulators, governors ...

In Virginia, some little fish are at the center of a big, decadeslong fight. They're called menhaden. Conservationists worry that overfishing is harming the ecosystem in the Chesapeake Bay. Industry ...