In the US, catches of Atlantic wolffish declined from over 1,200 tons per year to around 30 tons per year between the 1980s and the 2000s.; In the UK, wolffish have declined in English and Welsh ...

This is part of a continuing occasional series on efforts to preserve Atlantic striped bass, which are Virginia’s state saltwater fish and vital to the economies of every Atlantic coast state.

A group has filed a scientific petition with the federal government seeking endangered species protection for the Atlantic wolffish, a fish threatened with extinction due to years of ...