Articles from Menhaden Fisheries Coalition

WASHINGTON, D.C. / ACCESS Newswire / August 20, 2026 / The Washington Post today published an opinion column by Mark Robichaux which misleadingly portrayed Atlantic and Gulf menhaden fisheries as ecologically destructive, weakly regulated and headed toward crisis. Readers unfamiliar with these fisheries may likely come away believing that menhaden stocks are collapsing, predators are being starved by commercial fishing, and regulators have largely failed to act. Which was Mr. Robichaux's point.

WASHINGTON D.C. / ACCESSWIRE / July 13, 2022 / Yesterday, Macmillan Publishers released Salmon Wars, a factually questionable book by former Los Angeles Times managing editor Douglas Frantz and former journalist turned private writer Catherine Collins. The book falsely claims that "overfishing from the Gulf of Mexico north to the Chesapeake Bay threatens a slender fish called a menhaden," and inaccurately states that menhaden is "an integral player in minimizing algae blooms because it eats phytoplankton."

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OCEAN SPRINGS, MS / ACCESSWIRE / November 9, 2021 / The Gulf menhaden population has once again been confirmed to be sustainably harvested, based on the results of a recently approved stock assessment conducted by NOAA Fisheries biologists and the Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission (GSMFC). Managers at the GSMFC approved the final assessment at their annual meeting in late October. The assessment, which is based on data from the Gulf

WASHINGTON, DC / ACCESSWIRE / July 28, 2021 / After years of spreading misinformation and false claims about the Atlantic menhaden fishery, Menhaden Defenders has begun promoting the same falsehoods about the menhaden fishery in the Gulf of Mexico. In a transparent fundraising and membership ploy, Menhaden Defenders is promoting a crisis with the populations of both Atlantic and Gulf menhaden that simply does not exist. A recent petition from

Sustainable Fishery Is Under Assault from Special Interest Groups BATON ROUGE, LA / ACCESSWIRE / May 26, 2021 / Gulf members of the Menhaden Fisheries Coalition (MFC) are strongly opposed to Louisiana H.B. 535, which would ban menhaden vessels from fishing within half a mile of the entire Louisiana coast, 1 mile off of specific areas, and 3 miles off of Grand Isle. This legislation presents a threat to coastal Louisiana jobs, yet has no