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Oyster beds get re-shelled in the Great Wicomico River
REEDVILLE — The Delvin K., one of the last working Chesapeake Bay oyster buy-boats, was docked at a pier in Cockrells Creek Wednesday morning. But the Delvin K. wasn't buying oysters from local watermen to transport to shucking houses. It was...
Tags: Jamestown (Jamestown, Virginia), Omega Protein Corporation, Boats, Tangier (Accomack, Virginia), Oysters
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Eelgrass continues its comeback in coastal bays
Eelgrass once thrived in Virginia's coastal bays — lush meadows of slender blades undulating just below the surface. The species of seagrass provided critical habitat to scallops, blue crabs, shrimp and other marine creatures. It trapped...
Tags: Ecosystems, Renovation, Sweden, Nature Conservancy, University of Virginia
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Oyster harvesting charges dismissed for three Gloucester watermen
SALUDA — Oyster harvesting charges against three Gloucester watermen were dismissed Monday, while six others accepted plea deals. Various charges against Mark Cottee, James Deal and Walter Deal Jr. were dismissed after a motion to strike by defense...Tags: Seafood, Crime, Law and Justice, Punishment, Justice System, Lifestyle and Leisure
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Sequestration would reach far into the Virginia Peninsula community - and affect health services
Like a victim tied to buzz saw table in an old movie melodrama, federal, state and local agencies and departments, and a host of businesses and nonprofit organizations are watching with alarm as budget blades churn toward them. On Friday automatic...
Tags: York (York, Pennsylvania), Teaching and Learning, Armed Forces, Government, Virginia Tech
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State extends ban on winter crab dredging
Winter dredging for blue crabs in the Chesapeake Bay is closed for the fifth year in a row as the Virginia Marine Resources Commission (VMRC) moved Monday to continue to protect and rebuild the stock of pregnant hibernating females. To offset the impact...
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Oyster gardeners: Partnership with Virginia Institute of Marine Science productive
A recent gathering of “Master Oyster Gardeners” at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science is the latest chapter in a fruitful partnership between VIMS scientists and members of the Tidewater Oyster Gardeners Association, or TOGA, according...
Tags: Seafood, Kilmarnock, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resource Industry, Ecosystems
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Study urges greater protection of Chesapeake Bay's female crabs
A new scientific study finds that though the Chesapeake Bay's blue crab population is basically healthy, it has yet to recover enough from trouble a few years ago to be considered completely stable. What that means for watermen, the seafood industry...Tags: Science and Technology, Chesapeake Bay, Aquaculture, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Natural Resource Industry
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Counting crabs in the Chesapeake
— A mesh net tips onto the stern of the work boat "Mydra Ann," and out tumbles a community of crabs: fist-size blues with claws raised in attack mode, tan adolescents trying to scuttle for cover and translucent babies no bigger than a thumbnail....Tags: Natural Resource Industry, Roger Morris, Aquaculture, Energy Resources, Natural Resources
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Catch limits debated for 'most important fish in sea'
A big fight is brewing over a little fish — a fish that no one wants to eat but that many regard as the most important in the sea.
Catch restrictions loom on menhaden, which is too unsavory to grace a dinner plate but much sought by commercial...Tags: Layoffs and Downsizing, Reedville, Omega Protein Corporation, Natural Resource Industry, Fishing
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Commission votes to curb menhaden catch by 37 percent
The interstate panel that oversees fishing along the Eastern Seaboard voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to cut the menhaden catch by up to 37 percent next year in an effort to protect the species and, by extension, striped bass.
The 14-3 vote by the...Tags: Bob McDonnell, Reedville, Omega Protein Corporation, Government, Fishing
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Beached sei whale a big attraction in Norfolk's Ocean View
Update: Researchers from the Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center initially misidentified the whale the washed ashore in Norfolk on Sunday. It is a fin whale, not a sei whale, Joan Barns, an aquarium spokeswoman, said Tuesday.
NORFOLK —...Tags: Wildlife, Ocean View, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Ecosystems, Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center
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