Virginia Regulatory Town Hall
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Marine Resources Commission
 
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Marine Resources Commission
 
chapter
Pertaining to Blue Crab Fishery [4 VAC 20 ‑ 270]
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3/15/25  7:58 am
Commenter: Monica Schenemann

Strongly Oppose Turtle Excluders
 

We have been down this road before. Many people have spent a ton of time on this subject in the past. It is way to expensive for a commercial person to use. It has been proven that these excluders will not allow a BIG Jimmy Crab to enter the pot.  It will cut harvest at least by half. The funnel of the Crab pot makes a difference in a person's catch. The impact of requiring us to use this will have a devastating economic impact for the very few turtle's this would possibly save.

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