I support the petition.

The state of Virginia is the only state on the Atlantic coast to allow Industrial Reduction Fishing. Osprey reproduction in the lower Chesapeake Bay during the 2023 season was at an all time low. Lower then during the height of DDT. The VMRC is allowing the Canadian-owned industrial reduction fishery in Virginia to use purse seine nets to over-harvest the number 1 keystone species in the Bay, the Atlantic menhaden. Osprey and Striped bass are menhaden-dependent.  In addition the fragile ecosystem of the largest estuary in the country is being destroyed and reduced to fish meal. Cast VOTES-Not NETS!