claim: "in recent years, menhaden numbers along our coast have plummeted by 90 percent."
author: pew environment group
evidence_1: dec 17, 2012 ... i've checked politifact pretty regularly for years, and i've never seen them ... they  focused on a claim by the pew environment group that “in recent years,  menhaden numbers along our coast have plummeted by 90 percent.
evidence_2: politifact rhode island on sunday, december 6th, 2015. mostly false ... "in  recent years, menhaden numbers along our coast have plummeted by 90  percent.".
evidence_3: meet me in borneo, exploitation on the high seas, navy sonars, creature reports,  and more! ... they focused on a claim by the pew environment group that “in  recent years, menhaden numbers along our coast have plummeted by 90  percent.
evidence_4: nov 8, 2012 ... yet their number has plummeted to a record low. ... one company, omega  protein, operates a fleet that each year scoops up about three-quarters of the  entire east coast ... also catches menhaden along the atlantic coast from new  jersey to ... don't miss our latest facts, findings, and survey results in the ...
evidence_5: oct 25, 2012 ... sometimes the environmental challenges facing our oceans seem so large ...  over the past several months, however, a collection of conservationists, ... but  menhaden populations have plummeted 90 percent in just the past ... this  removal of forage fish can have significant impacts on coastal ecosystems.