Universities in Menhaden Fishery regions that have marine studies programs.
This will be a long battle. We will need the next generation of influential marine scientists to help win it. As they graduate, they will be the ones going to work in (or working with) the governmental agencies that control these fisheries. Reach out to these program administrators, professors and students, invite them to join the cause.
Atlantic Coast Region:
VIRGINIA
William & Mary - Williamsburg, VA
https://www.vims.edu/education/graduate/
https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/chesapeake-bay/past-and-current-chesapeake-bay-fisheries-science-funded-research
VCU - Richmond, VA
https://ricerivers.vcu.edu/
https://lifesciences.vcu.edu/
UVA - Charlottesville, VA
https://www.vcrlter.virginia.edu/home2/?page_id=8
George Mason - Northern Virginia
https://science.gmu.edu/academics/departments-units/atmospheric-oceanic-earth-sciences/ocean-and-estuarine-science-minor
They are working on gulf menhaden study with NOAA.
https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/feature-story/pathway-toward-ecosystem-based-management-gulf-menhaden
Hampton – Hampton, VA
https://home.hamptonu.edu/science/marine-and-environmental-science/
Virginia Tech - Blacksburg, VA
https://fishwild.vt.edu/
https://cnre.vt.edu/academics/degrees-majors/fish-conservation.html
Old Dominion - Norfolk, VA
https://www.odu.edu/academics/programs/undergraduate/marine-biology
Virginia Wesleyan – Virginia Beach, VA
https://www.vwu.edu/academics/majors/biology/3-year-graduation-plan-biology-ba-marine.php
https://www.vwu.edu/academics/marine-science-summer-program.php
MARYLAND
University of Maryland – College Park, MD
https://agnr.umd.edu/academics/programs-study/marine-estuarine-environmental-science
NORTH CAROLINA
Duke – Durham, NC
https://nicholas.duke.edu/academics/undergraduate-programs/marine-science-conservation
https://nicholas.duke.edu/marinelab
Gulf Coast Region:
LOUISIANA
Louisiana State – Baton Rouge, LA
https://lsu.edu/majors/science/marine-biology.php
Nicholls State – Thibodaux, LA
https://www.nicholls.edu/coastal-center/commitment-to-the-coast/
Louisiana Lafayette – Lafayette, LA
https://biology.louisiana.edu/node/167
MISSISSIPPI
Southern Mississippi - Hattiesburg, MS
https://www.usm.edu/undergraduate-programs/marine-biology.php
https://www.usm.edu/gulf-coast-research-laboratory/index.php
https://www.usm.edu/fisheries-research-development/index.php
VIRGINIA
William & Mary - Williamsburg, VA
https://www.vims.edu/education/graduate/
https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/chesapeake-bay/past-and-current-chesapeake-bay-fisheries-science-funded-research
VCU - Richmond, VA
https://ricerivers.vcu.edu/
https://lifesciences.vcu.edu/
UVA - Charlottesville, VA
https://www.vcrlter.virginia.edu/home2/?page_id=8
George Mason - Northern Virginia
https://science.gmu.edu/academics/departments-units/atmospheric-oceanic-earth-sciences/ocean-and-estuarine-science-minor
They are working on gulf menhaden study with NOAA.
https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/feature-story/pathway-toward-ecosystem-based-management-gulf-menhaden
Hampton – Hampton, VA
https://home.hamptonu.edu/science/marine-and-environmental-science/
Virginia Tech - Blacksburg, VA
https://fishwild.vt.edu/
https://cnre.vt.edu/academics/degrees-majors/fish-conservation.html
Old Dominion - Norfolk, VA
https://www.odu.edu/academics/programs/undergraduate/marine-biology
Virginia Wesleyan – Virginia Beach, VA
https://www.vwu.edu/academics/majors/biology/3-year-graduation-plan-biology-ba-marine.php
https://www.vwu.edu/academics/marine-science-summer-program.php
MARYLAND
University of Maryland – College Park, MD
https://agnr.umd.edu/academics/programs-study/marine-estuarine-environmental-science
NORTH CAROLINA
Duke – Durham, NC
https://nicholas.duke.edu/academics/undergraduate-programs/marine-science-conservation
https://nicholas.duke.edu/marinelab
Gulf Coast Region:
LOUISIANA
Louisiana State – Baton Rouge, LA
https://lsu.edu/majors/science/marine-biology.php
Nicholls State – Thibodaux, LA
https://www.nicholls.edu/coastal-center/commitment-to-the-coast/
Louisiana Lafayette – Lafayette, LA
https://biology.louisiana.edu/node/167
MISSISSIPPI
Southern Mississippi - Hattiesburg, MS
https://www.usm.edu/undergraduate-programs/marine-biology.php
https://www.usm.edu/gulf-coast-research-laboratory/index.php
https://www.usm.edu/fisheries-research-development/index.php