A waterman on a workboat wearing yellow waders and blue and white gloves inserts an orange plastic tag into the mouth of a striped bass.
Zenon Vasquez tags a striped bass caught with pound nets while working aboard Captain Boo Polly's workboat on the Chesapeake Bay. Striped bass are one of several species that rely on forage fish for food. (Photo by Carlin Stiehl/Chesapeake Bay Program)
Hundreds of Bay anchovy, a tiny silver fish, sit in a pile on a boat.
According to the Forage Status and Trends Report, Atlantic menhaden and bay anchovy (pictured above) have become a more important part of predators’ diets over time. (Photo by Aimee Comer/Virginia Institute of Marine Science)

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