Virginia watermen request Marine Resources Comm. consider a pilot IFQ program for blue crab
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Associated Press Newswires] Aug 15, 2014
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) — A group of commercial watermen is asking Virginia officials to implement new measures to strengthen blue crab population management in the state.
The Virginia Blue Crab Industry Panel is seeking formal consideration of its recommendations from the Virginia Marine Resources Commission.
This summer the commission reduced the harvest of female blue crabs by 10 percent over the next year...
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