You might know them as bunker or pogies. Landlubbers might not know them at all. Menhaden, a kind of herring that has been called the most important fish in the sea, are a keystone species in the Atlantic, serving both as a critical food source for predatory fish, marine mammals and birds, and as a consumer of vast quantities of algae that would otherwise clog waterways and shade out underwater vegetation.  Around the Chesapeake Bay, people know them as the victim of corporate greed and Virginia politics, both sadly familiar topics. Menhaden have supported one of the East Coast’s...…You might know them as bunker or pogies. Landlubbers might not know them at all. Menhaden, a kind of herring that has been called the most important fish in the sea, are a keystone species in the Atlantic, serving both as a critical food source for predatory fish, marine mammals and birds, and as a consumer of vast quantities of algae that would otherwise clog waterways and shade out underwater vegetation.  Around the Chesapeake Bay, people know them as the victim of corporate greed and Virginia politics, both sadly familiar topics. Menhaden have supported one of the East Coast’s...WW…