Part 3: Over the past decade, Atlantic menhaden have come to symbolize recovery along the East Coast. After the first coastwide catch limits were introduced in 2013—and with New York’s 2019 ban on purse seine nets in state waters—the species rebounded, drawing humpback whales, dolphins, and many other predators back to nearshore waters off Long Island. That picture is starting to change. Recent assessments from the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission suggest that, while menhaden aren’t o