Virginia Regulatory Town Hall
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Marine Resources Commission
 
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Pertaining to Atlantic Menhaden [4 VAC 20 ‑ 1270]
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1/14/25  12:52 pm
Commenter: Frederick C. Menage, Jr.

Stop the Netting!
 

Commercial fishing nets are killing the fish life in the Chesapeake Bay not just the targeted species of Menhaden but game fish, striped bass, red drum, cobia, blue fish and others. Fishing regulations have limited the size and number of recreational fishers of many species that populate our waters because of over fishing but the number of fish killed by commercial netters far out numbers the fish caught by recreational fishermen. When comparing the cost benefits of commercial Menhaden fishing to the costs of recreational fishing, there is no comparison. SAVE THE BAY! Clean up the waters and the wild life will prosper and survive.

 

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