ROANOKE, Va. (WFXR) — House Bill 2713 (HB2713) would require the Commonwealth of Virginia to conduct a study of the status of Atlantic menhaden in Virginia’s portion of the Chesapeake Bay.

A critical fish species in the Chesapeake Bay, the Atlantic menhaden, could be declining rapidly. Or its numbers could be growing. There is no data on Atlantic menhaden populations in ...

ROANOKE, Va. (WFXR) — The debate over whether to fund a study on the status of Atlantic menhaden in the Chesapeake Bay will be taken up again in the Virginia General Assembly. Measures to study ...

Atlantic menhaden weigh less than a pound and measure little more than a foot long but the small fish has big consequences for the Chesapeake Bay ecosystem. A bill introduced in the Virginia General ...