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Interstate Panel Considers Action to Help Troubled Menhaden Population

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Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission is considering stretching out the menhaden harvest season while keeping the same harvest cap. In our weekly series with the Bay Journal Delmarva Public Media's Don Rush talks with associate editor and senior writer Tim Wheeler about the concern that is growing over evidence of a declining population.

Don Rush is the News Director and Senior Producer of News and Public Affairs at Delmarva Public Media. An award-winning journalist, Don reports major local issues of the day, from sea level rise, to urban development, to the changing demographics of Delmarva.
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