The VMRC has a duty to protect Virginia's largest resource, the Chesapeake Bay, and has repeatedly failed to do so when there was an opportunity to determine the extent of the destruction caused by reduction-fishing of menhaden within the Bay.  We need scientific baselines for menhaden populations in the Bay, and what seems obvious to watermen throughout the region needs to be studied.  Until the agency responsible for the safekeeping of the Bay and its fish has any scientific data on populations and impacts, we demand a stop to reduction fishing until clear evidence of its sustainability has been provided.