Conserve Bait Fish

Forage fish provide food for recreationally and commercially important species such as tuna, salmon, and cod, as well as for seabirds, sharks, dolphins, and other animals that are integral to healthy ocean ecosystems. In some instances, no federal management plan exists for forage species.

Read stories about how the importance of ensuring enough forage fish remain in the water to serve as food for marine life, including larger fish.  

• America’s ‘Founding Fish’ Need a Helping Hand
  Mid Atlantic l New England

• How to Identify a Forage Fish — and Why We Need To
  All Regions

• Forage Fish Fuel Tuna’s High-Octane Diet
  Pacific

• Holding On To the Trifecta Seafood Experience
  Caribbean

• A Lifetime’s Experience Brings a Vision for Healthy Oceans and Sustainable Fishing
  Pacific

• This Whale of a Photo Says a Lot About Keeping Oceans Healthy
  Mid Atlantic

• For This Fish, a Hole Is Home for the Holidays
  Gulf of Mexico

• A ‘Genius’ Fisherman’s Idea for a Cod Comeback
  New England

• More Than a Pizza Topping: Anchovies Are Food for Ocean Wildlife
  Pacific

• What’s Love Got to Do With Green Sea Turtles and Fish?
  Gulf of Mexico l South Atlantic l Caribbean

• How Our Warming Ocean Is Altering Fisheries
  All Regions

• Why Atlantic Herring Management is Lagging Behind, and How to Improve It
  New England

• 5 Keys to Improving Ocean Health
  All Regions