Virginia Regulatory Town Hall
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Marine Resources Commission
 
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Marine Resources Commission
 
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Pertaining to Atlantic Menhaden [4 VAC 20 ‑ 1270]
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2/17/26  5:42 pm
Commenter: Back River Rods

Support the moratorium
 

Please ban menhaden Fishing in the Chesapeake Bay.  I make fishing rods, and my sales have declined dramatically over the last several years due to the lack of rockfish and Cobia in the bay.  It’s a direct line to the lack of forage fish.  The reduction fishery is just that,  it reduces the population too points that are unsustainable.  Please put a moratorium on the menhaden until a study can be done to say the health of the stock is good.  

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