There is only one way to determine who is right concerning Menhaden. Do the study in the Bay! Anecdotal false claims by the reduction industry can easily be proven false by collecting empirical data to substantiate, scientifically, the harm that is being done by Omega Protein purse seining to the overall health of the Bay. 

There are plenty of menhaden available for harvest in the ocean. 

This issue has come before you every year for decades. Yet, this legislature continues to deny common sense studies to confirm, one way or the other, the truth about the negative effects this fishery does to the health of the bay! 

There is no way a tiny destructive industry should be given favor over hundreds of thousands of Virginians that depend on the health of the Bay.