I’ve been fishing the Chesapeake bay for over 30 years and feel the menhaden fish need to be protected from overfishing. Every other state bans netting Menhaden in their bays, why not Virginia?

I understand it would cost more for the fish oil companies to harvest menhaden in the open ocean but that cost should be passed on to the fish oil users, not on our Chesapeake bay fishery.

Its time for Virginia to step up and protect our natural resources.