As a retired college and university biologist, and more recently as a retired fishing guide, I am very concerned about the condition of the menhaden stocks in the Chesapeake Bay.  As a result, I support the petition.  When a forage fish stock such as menhaden is depleted to a level that it is negatively impaction predators, as appears to be the case with reduced striped bass stocks and severely reduced nesting success in ospreys in the Chesapeake region, the message is clear.