Feds want to close bottom fishing in the South Atlantic.

The process for setting recreational management measures like bag limits, size and season is in need of reform.

To have healthy sportfish populations, there first must be a healthy food base. Simply put, big fish need plenty of little fish to eat.

Menhaden, also known as bunkers or pogies, are a key food source for sportfish species like striped bass, bluefish, weakfish, king mackerel and cobia.