1:  Menhaden are a migratory fish, but to have zero science based data to make decisions from the actual Virginia portion of the Chesapeake Bay is alarming.

2: industrial menhaden fishing vessels fish at the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay during peak migratory times which affects migratory patterns of Gamefish since there are less baitfish for them to chase into the Chesapeake Bay.

3:  Virginia is the last state on the East Coast to allow industrial Menhaden fishing in its inland Waters. Every other state has shown improvement in their fisheries since banning the practice

4: Allotment of menhaden catch is now 1/3 of his historical catch. A lot of similarities between this and the collapse of the Oyster population In the Chesapeake Bay  from over fishing.

5: Scientific studies of the Osprey population in the Virginia section of the Chesapeake Bay show that there is higher rates of starvation, and higher rates of death in juveniles. Menhaden historically being the largest part of their diet.