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Louisiana effort to set commercial catch limits on menhaden falls short

Louisiana remains the only US state in the Gulf of Mexico without menhaden quotas even as the fish is fought over by conservationists as well as by commercial and recreational harvesters

By Nick Sambides Jr. | Aug. 19, 2022 19:07 BST
Ocean Harvesters catches menhaden in the Gulf of Mexico using purse seine vessels. Image is from a company video.
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The US state of Louisiana will start collecting harvest data from menhaden purse seiners every month starting in May 2023. But, for now, legislators have stopped short of imposing catch limits on the state's largest commercial fishery. [...]

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