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Originally Posted by MakoMike
Looks like you need to do some homework, first of all, NONE of the species you listed eats menhaden. So no matter how bad a shape the menhaden populations is in, it wouldn't aftect thise species at all. Secondly, according to the ASMFC, there are ample stocks of menhaden on the east coast, the "problem" if one exists, is in localized depletion in the area where Omega protein is fishing, in the Chessapeak bay.
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MakoMike,
The loss of Bunker or any major forage species absolutely does affect the
other forage species. Example: Herring, shad, etc face increased predation if the population of the main forage species, ie bunker has been decimated. If the bunker aren't there the predators turn to something else. I think that's what he meant, not that shad and herring eat bunker
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