RICHMOND, Va. (WFXR) — There are questions about the menhaden population in Virginia’s portion of the Chesapeake Bay, but they will not be answered for at least another four years, if at all, because of a vote taken by the Virginia House of Delegates Rules-Studies Subcommittee.
The subcommittee voted to delay, until the 2025 legislative session, consideration of funding for a study of Chesapeake Bay menhaden numbers, and the impact environmental and various types of fishing have on them. The research project would take three years to conduct.
