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Bunker are a high-lipid diet, which supplies bass with a lot of energy, fattens them up for migration, and keeps them healthy. Other forage such as shrimp, crabs, etc. are leaner, not the same. Reducing the menhaden fishery will benefit striper fishing as well as the health of Chesapeake bay. Menhaden are also filter feeders, keep population of algae (including bad ones- red tide,...) down, cleaner waters.
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