August 25, 2024
Virginia crab advisors recommend against winter dredge season
- Mid-Atlantic
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Virginia’s Crab Management Advisory Committee (CMAC) voted 8-5 on Aug. 20 to recommend that the Virginia Marine Resources Commission (VMRC) close the state’s winter crab dredge season until the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration species stock assessment is completed in spring of 2026.
The committee's new advice could put the brakes on earlier moves to reopen the dredge fishery that’s been closed since 2008.
The VMRC voted 5-4 on June 25 to repeal a 16-year ban on winter dredging…
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Larry Chowning is a writer for the Southside Sentinel in Urbanna, Va., a regular contributor to National Fisherman, and the author of numerous books.
