# Regulators cut Chesapeake Bay menhaden harvest, tying bay cap to coastwide catch

> The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission's Menhaden Board voted to tie the Chesapeake Bay harvest cap to the coastwide total allowable catch, limiting the bay to 21.8% of East Coast landings. The board also cut the coastwide catch by about 17% over two seasons, lowering the bay cap from 51,000 to 33,847 metric tons by 2028. Virginia, the last East Coast state allowing reduction fishing, holds 75% of the total and voted against the changes.

- Date: 2026-11-15 · published 2026-11-15T12:07:03.329Z
- Category: policy · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/101090-regulators-cut-chesapeake-bay-menhaden-harvest-tying-bay-cap-to-coastwide-catch
- Commodities: [Fishmeal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/FISHMEAL.md)

## Why it matters

Menhaden is a key source of fishmeal and fish oil for feed, so a tighter catch reduces supply from the reduction fishery and supports fishmeal prices. The effect depends on phase-in timing and on how much of the cut reaches processing output.

## Read by commodity

- FISHMEAL: bullish ▲

## Sources

- capecharlesmirror.com: http://www.capecharlesmirror.com/regulators-cut-chesapeake-bay-menhaden-harvest-tying-bay-cap-to-coastwide-catch/

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