I have been managing Osprey-watch.org for the Center for Conservation Biology since it launched in 2012. CCB is considered a global expert in ospreys. The Chesapeake Bay has the largest population of nesting ospreys in the world, 10,000-12,000 nesting pairs. The osprey are considered a key indicator species for the health of the environment because they are found everywhere and are sensitive to environmental changes. Osprey need high omega fatty fish to raise their chicks. They are dependent on menhaden in the Chesapeake. In the last decade, CCB has been getting reports of more and more nests failing. For the last 3 years, biologists have conducted increasingly larger scale studies to assess these reports. Through a controlled supplemented diet study, biologists confirmed that osprey chicks were dying from starvation, likey due to a lack of menhaden. By 2025, the study covered 1025 nests in 23 study areas of varying salinity. In medium and high salinity areas, where the diet is almost exclusively Menhaden, 741 nests failed completely. For the first time ever, biologists are documenting large numbers of pairs that return from South America in April and May that can't even find enough food nutrition to attempt to lay eggs. This is the first time ever documented. These results are an absolute disaster for our beloved ospreys and all the other species of birds, fish and other wildlife that depend on menhaden. Please put a stop to this fishing in the Chesapeake before it is too late.