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Virginia Saltwater Fishing
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Virginia Saltwater Fishing provides news, events, articles and other information about saltwater fishing in the Chesapeake Bay, coastal waters and offshore areas of Virginia.
Recent Posts
States Schedule Public Hearings on Spanish Mackerel, Spot, and Spotted Seatrout
Several South Atlantic states have scheduled their hearings to gather public comment on the Public Information Document (PID) for an Omnibus Amendment to the Interstate Fishery Management Plans (FMPs) for Spanish Mackerel, Spot, and Spotted Seatrout....
Virginia Saltwater Baits – Crabs, Shrimp and Clams
The following list includes some of the most common shellfish that are used for bait in Virginia saltwater fishing. Blue Crabs The Atlantic blue crab is found in the Chesapeake Bay and coastal waters of Virginia. When in the hard shelled stage, these...
Public Encouraged to Attend Forums, Submit Comments on Draft Strategy for Restoring the Chesapeake Bay
A series of public forums will be held throughout December on the recently released draft strategy for restoring the Chesapeake Bay, a document required by a Presidential Executive Order issued in May 2009. The public forums will feature officials ...
VMRC Announces Crab License Buy Back
The Virginia Marine Resources Commission will buy back 359 commercial crab licenses, in a historic action to take more than 75,000 crab pots off the water as part of a multi-year species rebuilding effort. The licenses will be retired permanently. Th...
Red Drum Benchmark Assessment Finds Resource Relatively Stable with Overfishing Not Occurring
The 2009 peer reviewed stock assessment for red drum indicates that abundance of young fish for both the northern (NJ to NC) and southern (SC to FL) stock complexes have remained relatively stable since 2000. The stock assessment concluded that suffi...
NOAA Issues Statement on ICCAT Annual Meeting
On November 16, 2009, NOAA issued a statement about the outcome of the annual meeting of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) meeting in Brazil. STATEMENT “As a member of ICCAT, the United States entered this ...

